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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2327930, member: 69760&quot;]I get this, but I see the grading scale as an objective criteria that <i>should</i> be absolute. I don&#039;t believe that TPGs are at that point now, as everything is, even to a small degree, subjective no matter how you look at it. So, from a subjective point of view, there should be some reasonable wiggle room for the given grades, but not by much.</p><p><br /></p><p>For older coins such as the Seated Liberties that you mention, if someone says &quot;high grade&quot;, I expect exactly that sight unseen. Of course, I&#039;ll take a look at the photos. If it turns out to be XF or even F for very rare coins, I wonder why the seller couldn&#039;t simply use the phrase &quot;high<b><i>er</i></b> grade&quot;, which would imply both the relatively high grade to others (in this example, esp. given its availability/rarity though not necessarily the case with other coins), and that it&#039;s not &quot;high grade&quot; as in MS6X territory, but somewhere in the range of XF-AU.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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