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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2073258, member: 15929&quot;]Coins are not supposed to be cleaned or altered in anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such, TPG&#039;s that guarantee their grades (with cash) will not assign a numerical grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>In reality, while the coin may actually be a nice &quot;hole filler&quot;, it technically has no market value due to the perceived cleaning and &quot;Coin Grading&quot; is ALL about the price that folks will pay for it in the open market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, having said that, it does not mean that the TPG correctly assessed the coin. I have had coins returned in 92 slabs which, when cracked out and resubmitted, came back with an MS.</p><p><br /></p><p>The TPG&#039;s are only offering a &quot;professional opinion&quot;.</p><p>Generally speaking, upon resubmission, the graders that say nay, may not see the coin the second time as it could very well be some other graders which may not think the coin is cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>So.............if you really want to get into the TPG game, get ready to ante up for those &quot;opinions&quot;. But ALWAYS remember, they are only opinions. They are NOT Gospel.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also like to state that, nobody can tell ANYTHING from those particular photographs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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