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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 3669969, member: 24314"]Lehigh96, asked: "<b>Can you show me an example of where a coin has been graded on eye appeal alone?</b> You are claiming that the TPGs are bumping the grades 2-3 points over the grade warranted by surface preservation, but I don't see that. The overwhelming majority of color bumps I see are limited to one grade up, and usually I don't have a problem with the assigned grade."</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102)"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <b>Do you live in the U.S.A.?</b> The "poster child" for this type of <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> over-grading nonsense was auctioned recently for millions of dollars when a spectacularly toned </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102)">MS-64/65 (at best) $20 was bumped "Mucho.</span></i>" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 3669969, member: 24314"]Lehigh96, asked: "[B]Can you show me an example of where a coin has been graded on eye appeal alone?[/B] You are claiming that the TPGs are bumping the grades 2-3 points over the grade warranted by surface preservation, but I don't see that. The overwhelming majority of color bumps I see are limited to one grade up, and usually I don't have a problem with the assigned grade." [I][COLOR=rgb(102, 0, 102)]:rolleyes: [B]Do you live in the U.S.A.?[/B] The "poster child" for this type of :greedy: over-grading nonsense was auctioned recently for millions of dollars when a spectacularly toned MS-64/65 (at best) $20 was bumped "Mucho.[/COLOR][/I]" :jawdrop:[/QUOTE]
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