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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3505591, member: 15309"]So somebody wrote a rule along time ago that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. The TPGs made an “exception to the rule” in order to fairly grade a large group of coins, and you guys freak out. The simple fact is that the “wear is wear” philosophy doesn’t work. Allowing for roll friction is a solution to the problems created by “wear is wear” and represents progress in how we grade coins. You guys wanna pretend it is still 1975, be my guest.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So PCGS and CAC think that Saint is a solid MS67, but some dude on a coin forum who doesn’t collect Saints and hates the TPGs thinks the assigned grade is ludicrous. The fact that you thought that coin might reside in an MS63 holder is an indictment of your grading skills, not a valid criticism of PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t have the money to collect gem grade Saints so my only real experience is scrolling through pages of them online and wishing they were mine. The coin in question is one of the finest I have ever seen, and I have no problem with the assigned grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3505591, member: 15309"]So somebody wrote a rule along time ago that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. The TPGs made an “exception to the rule” in order to fairly grade a large group of coins, and you guys freak out. The simple fact is that the “wear is wear” philosophy doesn’t work. Allowing for roll friction is a solution to the problems created by “wear is wear” and represents progress in how we grade coins. You guys wanna pretend it is still 1975, be my guest. So PCGS and CAC think that Saint is a solid MS67, but some dude on a coin forum who doesn’t collect Saints and hates the TPGs thinks the assigned grade is ludicrous. The fact that you thought that coin might reside in an MS63 holder is an indictment of your grading skills, not a valid criticism of PCGS. I don’t have the money to collect gem grade Saints so my only real experience is scrolling through pages of them online and wishing they were mine. The coin in question is one of the finest I have ever seen, and I have no problem with the assigned grade.[/QUOTE]
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