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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1502425, member: 112&quot;]Yes, it should, but only when the lesser coin does not have that eye appeal. There is no room for discrimination in grading. What I mean by that is this. Two coins meeting your criteria - a coin that is white and untoned can also have superior eye appeal (there are actually several things that can create superior eye appeal, attractive toning is merely one of them). But if that white coin is not also bumped in grade for superior eye appeal, while an attractively toned coin is bumped for eye appeal - then that is discrimination in grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, one strong point cannot overrule or negate a weak point and thus bump the grade. Coins are graded based on their weakest point, not their strongest point. Example - a coin can have the absolute best luster in the world, but if that coin looks like it came in 8th in an axe fight and thus has the contact marks of a 61 or 62, the coin cannot be graded 63 or 64 no matter how good the luster is. Similarly, if a coin has great toning, but has the marks of a 63, it cannot be graded as 64 or 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that is what is happening here. The coin is being bumped because it has nice toning sand the marks of a 63 are being ignored.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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