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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2617615, member: 24314&quot;]This is a coin that can be graded from AU-58 to MS-63 as well as &quot;Details&quot; or straight.&nbsp; Any one who says AU is correct as there is loss of luster (different color) from rub on the high points. <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"> It is NOT XF</span>.&nbsp; Anyone who says MS is a liberal commercial grader or dealer BECAUSE this coin should bring MS money.&nbsp; If it were sold as AU you would leave money on the table.&nbsp; So MS-62 is a great guess - a technical AU worth MS money so TPGS = MS-62.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now. The coin is 100% not original.&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">It is NOT polished</span>. I see hairlines but nothing major.&nbsp; <span style="color: #00b300">It is a coin I would not even look at because it is an &quot;across the room &quot;technical&quot; AU.</span>&nbsp; Now the TPGS needs to show why we use them.&nbsp; They need to be fair to the coin, the customer, and the next owner... no telling how knowledgeable either owner/buyer are.&nbsp; So the TPGS must set a value on the coin by the grade they assign.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is my <b>guess</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> that ICG and PCGS graded it MS and NGC graded it AU.&nbsp; There is a very good chance that each TPGS detailed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>THIS IS WHY EACH OF US NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO GRADE COINS BY OUR OWN STANDARDS...a slab label is just an EDUCATED GUIDE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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