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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4562995, member: 24314&quot;]ArthurK11, posted: &quot;True, but what if all three would&#039;ve agreed on AU55? The coin still would&#039;ve been cleaned, but now it&#039;s in a AU55 slab and selling for more than an AU Details slab. The coin was cleaned and I have no problem with the slab it&#039;s in, but it was weird how the justification for putting it in that slab was that they couldn&#039;t agree on a numerical grade.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s pretend that you are my brother so I can be totally honest with you.&nbsp; Because of the way the ANA Grading Guide screwed up the grading system by combining the amount of wear on a coin with how beat up it was (AU Choice or AU Typical), we cannot be certain of how many marks or how much wear is on a coin graded AU-50, 53, 55, or 58.&nbsp; We do know this: <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">Three professionals graded a coin AU.</span>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing we know for sure is the coin was not 100% original.&nbsp; The problem now is what does &quot;slight cleaning&quot; indicate.&nbsp;&nbsp; Apparently, it was market acceptable as <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">three professional graders <b>straight</b> graded the coin at first.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">That leads to what I called the perfect solution above: AU, Details.&nbsp; </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Unfortunately, you and I have no say in the matter.&nbsp; The TPGS does not need to &quot;justify&quot; anything they do to us.&nbsp; They run the grading game and there are no fixed rules - only concepts.&nbsp;&nbsp; Trying to figure things like this out is like trying to figure out a woman (sorry ladies).&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">BTW, &quot;Sounds like a perfect solution&quot; was just my GUESS.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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