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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tmoneyeagles, post: 618669, member: 17557&quot;]Posted this on two other forums, I am less active on, and wanted opinions here as well <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Noticing a trend, that TPG are just giving out free passes to semi key coins, and key coins, and giving them higher grades.</p><p>I believe that a coin&#039;s grade should be judged solely on condition of the coin, and the certain TPG&#039;s grading standards, rather than the coins date and or mintmark! I can almost see the same trend, but with toned coins, as well. Some of them will get bumps, just for the fact that they are toned, if so, that means they should have excellent eye appeal to make them (TPG) bump the grade, so wouldn&#039;t that call for an NGC STAR, instead of a bump? PCGS does grade toned coins, but not as consistently as NGC does, and NGC does grade a lot of AT coins, so my thing is, using the STAR would make sense in this case, instead of giving the upgrade of the coin&#039;s grade, or giving it the upgrade and the star. I don&#039;t know what the other TPG could do here, other than not giving a coin a bump for toning, although I&#039;ve only seen it mostly with NGC. </p><p>In the marketplace, you can find MS63 morgans, in slabs that say MS65, based on the fact that it is toned or is a CC or other key date, which is all the reason more to learn how to accurately grade your coins. My point is, grading should have nothing to do with a coins actual value, a coin that is worth $50 that looks better than a coin that is worth $50,000, than that $50 coin should grade higher, should it not?</p><p>We&#039;ve seen some examples here on cointalk, in the last few weeks, the 1877 Indian Cent graded F15 by PCGS, I believe there was a toned CC morgan, graded a 65 and looked closer to 63, and also the questionable CC morgan graded by PCGS as a 64, with the toning and &quot;wear&quot; on the ear and breast feathers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now on the CU forum (don&#039;t worry I&#039;m not leaving!) they said that there has never been an example of a 63 grading 65! And I also got this response after I asked if they think that a slabs grade is always correct...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gotta say that quote above is somewhat questionable, but okay...</p><p><br /></p><p>So I want to know your opions here, should the value of the coin, affect the grade in any way[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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