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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 653541, member: 112&quot;]For whatever it&#039;s worth Mark, I agree with ya. No way that coin is an XF, even by PCGS standards. And for CAC to condone the grade and approve it, only makes it that much worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not now nor will I ever approve of &quot;pricing&quot; or &quot;ranking&quot; coins, even though I fully understand it. If coins are going to be graded, then they should at the very least be graded according to the written standards used by the TPG. </p><p><br /></p><p>Give a coin a grade bump because of eye appeal and I&#039;ll back it all the way. But give a coin a grade bump because of value, pedigree or rarity and I&#039;ll disclaim it and argue the point with my dying breath. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unless - they (the TPG&#039;s) get off their duffs, stand up and admit that this is what they are doing and re-write their standards to reflect the different standards to be used for these coins. If they would do this, even though I would still disagree with the grade assigned, at least I could say that they were being honest about it. But grading contrary to their standards is tantamount to lying to the public to me. And that I can never condone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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