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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2618029, member: 24314&quot;]If we rule out errors or something the TPGS misses, the professionals are pretty good.&nbsp; On the OP&#039;s coin it can be demonstrated that there are several ABSOLUTELY VALID grades and I&#039;ll bet I can defend each grade assigned to the coin by the TPGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading is a personal thing.&nbsp; Some have better training, more knowledge, better tools, or looser standards.&nbsp; It is a miracle to me that the TPGS&#039;s are generally so close.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coins value + loose commercial standards have introduced so much BS into the equation that it is a wonder there is anything approaching a standard.&nbsp; One TPGS finalizer (I think he&#039;s nuts) claims that a grading guide for Morgan dollars would need to have a date-by-date section listing all the things to look for concerning strike, luster, etc.&nbsp; For example, an 1884-S is graded differently than an 1881-S.&nbsp; Years of study is needed to reach this point and many long time dealers still have not learned to grade and rely on the label.</p><p><br /></p><p>Decades ago Coin World sent the same coins to the TPGS with the OP&#039;s result.&nbsp; There was also a court case where a $20 Saint was graded from AU-55 to MS-64 by prominent numismatists if I remember correctly.&nbsp; I also read that a 1794 Large cent was graded from VF to AU by prominent professionals at a Coin Grading Roundtable working on setting grading standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line...nothing has changed.&nbsp; It is up to each of us to set our own standards.&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)"><b>The most important is how much friction wear/cabinet friction/loss of luster you will tolerate on a coin before it becomes AU in your eyes.&nbsp; </b>The OP&#039;s coin is AU in mine and I don&#039;t care what is on the label. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)"><br /></span></p><p>[USER=40095]@easj3699[/USER] When do we find out??<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER] What do you think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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