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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1577148, member: 26302"]I agree. We had a similar question asked recently, but with a much more dramatic grade difference. For "normal" grade difference like you are describing, (AG or G cleaned), I would always choose the AG assuming the D mintmark is in contravertible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Be careful, when it gets down to AG, people can start arguing if that is really a D or not, regardless of whether its slabbed. I saw a guy trying to sell a AG 16d in NGC plastic about 18 months ago at a show, and the dealer was not interested. I asked him why later and he said he wasn't sure it was a D, regardless of what NGC said. The dealer said if he wasn't positive, potential customers may have the same issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its a lot of money for a tiny mintmark that frequently is half worn off on AG examples. If you have ANY shred of doubt, I would chose C, none of the above, and wait for a non-cleaned G example instead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1577148, member: 26302"]I agree. We had a similar question asked recently, but with a much more dramatic grade difference. For "normal" grade difference like you are describing, (AG or G cleaned), I would always choose the AG assuming the D mintmark is in contravertible. Be careful, when it gets down to AG, people can start arguing if that is really a D or not, regardless of whether its slabbed. I saw a guy trying to sell a AG 16d in NGC plastic about 18 months ago at a show, and the dealer was not interested. I asked him why later and he said he wasn't sure it was a D, regardless of what NGC said. The dealer said if he wasn't positive, potential customers may have the same issue. Its a lot of money for a tiny mintmark that frequently is half worn off on AG examples. If you have ANY shred of doubt, I would chose C, none of the above, and wait for a non-cleaned G example instead.[/QUOTE]
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