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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 3505662, member: 24314"]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 mey 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.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><i> <span style="color: #0000b3">I'm also some dude on a coin forum who doesn’t collect Saints. IMO, the coin is a <b><span style="color: #ff0000">66</span></b> in spite of the CAC and slab. Liberty too scruffy for me, but when you grade these w/o magnification...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #0000b3">That said, note the "Pedigree" on the label. I guess that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> was good for the grade bump. I'd like to see the reverse.</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 3505662, member: 24314"]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 mey 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. :jawdrop:[I] [COLOR=#0000b3]I'm also some dude on a coin forum who doesn’t collect Saints. IMO, the coin is a [B][COLOR=#ff0000]66[/COLOR][/B] in spite of the CAC and slab. Liberty too scruffy for me, but when you grade these w/o magnification...:greedy::D:p[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000b3]That said, note the "Pedigree" on the label. I guess that :wacky: was good for the grade bump. I'd like to see the reverse.[/COLOR][/I][/QUOTE]
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