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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3879118, member: 112"]Ask yourself a different question and you'll get the answer to this question of yours. Namely, shouldn't older coins (as in pre 1850) be graded equally with their old but not as old counterparts (as in post 1850) ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Answer, yes, they should be. But they most definitely are not ! And no I'm not talking about plus grades here. I'm talking about coins that are cleanly graded when their counterparts, with the exact same issues, are put in problem coin slabs; or when all things are equal, are bumped a grade or two when their counterparts are not. The list goes on. </p><p><br /></p><p>The point is, the TPGs give people what they want, regardless of how coins should be graded. The moderns you're talking about are no different. The only difference is the nobody cares about plus grades with moderns like those you're asking about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3879118, member: 112"]Ask yourself a different question and you'll get the answer to this question of yours. Namely, shouldn't older coins (as in pre 1850) be graded equally with their old but not as old counterparts (as in post 1850) ? Answer, yes, they should be. But they most definitely are not ! And no I'm not talking about plus grades here. I'm talking about coins that are cleanly graded when their counterparts, with the exact same issues, are put in problem coin slabs; or when all things are equal, are bumped a grade or two when their counterparts are not. The list goes on. The point is, the TPGs give people what they want, regardless of how coins should be graded. The moderns you're talking about are no different. The only difference is the nobody cares about plus grades with moderns like those you're asking about.[/QUOTE]
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