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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2092897, member: 73489&quot;]Great points...I think this is why I can understand the TPGs sometimes doing market grading vs. technical grading.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Suppose everyone thinks like you and says: </b> &quot;<i>I don&#039;t want any contact on high points, including the nose, even if luster and bag marks are worse</i>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Let&#039;s assume the TPGs say:</b> &quot;<i>Tough luck, we&#039;re giving those coins a lower grade than low-bag marks/high-luster coins with some rub marks on the nose and other high points</i>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>If that shows up in the marketplace, then you&#039;ll have MS-65s with low-rub/low bag and contact marks, but MS-64&#039;s with low bag/contact marks and high-rub areas...<i>and the MS-64&#039;s could theoretically command a higher price (if enough people thought like you)!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>So....the MS-64 sells for $2,000 and the MS-65 sells for $1,700 in the marketplace because most buyers agree with you and value the MS-64 more than the MS-65.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #0000ff">This is the quandry that the TPGs would find themselves, in this extreme example:</span></b>&nbsp; the higher-graded coin is LESS valued !!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s not a likely scenario, but it IS what could be happening in this hypothetical, and to a smaller extent, with high-quality AU-58&#039;s vs. low-60&#039;s MS&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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