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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3653862, member: 15309&quot;]The first coin is obviously VF35 compared to the 2nd coin which is VF25.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stop changing the subject.&nbsp; Uncirculated coins are graded completely differently from circulated coins where luster and eye appeal are not used and wear level in combination with strike characteristics alone determine the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is your go to dodge.&nbsp; You simply won’t play within the rules that are used by the TPGs and you just want to make a systemic change to the market grading system by eliminating “eye appeal” or you want to scrap market grading all together and utilize the grading methods used to grade world or ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m explaining the way that the TPGs market grade coins with luster &amp; eye appeal that is commensurate with a higher grade than the surface preservation level of the coin, and you are whining about it.&nbsp; You don’t have to agree with their grading standards, but you also don’t get to change it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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