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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 1787681, member: 29643&quot;]Given that the grade is subjective to the view of the grader, and we&#039;re talking about grades assigned by TPGs, you&#039;re wrong, Doug. The assigned grade by ANACS is a MS65. If the coin is removed from the holder and submitted again to ANACS (or another TPG), the grade could change to a MS64 or MS66. Although the coin itself remains constant (ceteris paribus), the grade, which is subjective, can change.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This isn&#039;t an argument of &quot;buy the coin, not the slab,&quot; but rather one of does a coin maintain an assigned grade in the absence of the original graders slab/marker. The answer is no. If the answer weren&#039;t no, TPGs wouldn&#039;t be able to use the &quot;grade is only guaranteed so long as the coin remains in the holder&quot; argument. This is especially true of PCGS/NGC coins which are photographed by the TPG. If the coin is unchanged, it shouldn&#039;t matter that the coin is no longer in a slab, the grade should remain the same. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. If it were, there would be no need for submission to different TPGs, no need for &quot;crack and sub&quot; considerations, and no need for CAC.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tim&#039;s comment was specifically in response to my comment that the grade is no longer valid (insofar as eBay and ANACS are concerned). He isn&#039;t right on this. Neither eBay nor ANACS would acknowledge that coin as being an ANACS graded coin. In fact, ANACS clearly states that it doesn&#039;t guarantee grades given by previous incarnations of the company. I don&#039;t know why eBay doesn&#039;t enforce that aspect of things, but they don&#039;t. Regardless of whether they do or don&#039;t, the coin, as shown in the listing, would not qualify under eBay&#039;s requirements for TPG certified coins. Due to the references to Sheldon scale grades, it wouldn&#039;t qualify under the non-certified coins rules, either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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