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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8357505, member: 24314"]<span style="color: #0000ff">justafarmer, posted: "All the graders noticed the damage right away - yet the original grader still gave the coin a grade of MS-68?" </span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> My wife tells me I'm a poor communicator. So this is the best I can do:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff00ff">This poll is fictional.</span></font></b></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000">or</span></font><b><font size="7"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255)"> All the graders noticed the damage right away...</span></font></b>The coin went out Unc Details, Damaged. </p><p><br /></p><p>You see, when I post something to discuss, I massage the actual occurrence to learn what you all think, make a point, trick you into thinking for yourself, etc. </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">jeffB, posted: "I figured this was the point you were zeroing in on. A "Mint Error" is actually something that happens to a coin <i>before it leaves the press for the last time*.</i> If it gets damaged by a packaging machine, or by a Mint employee, that's just <b>damage</b>, even if it happened within the Mint's walls." </span></p><p><br /></p><p>True, but a more important point is to watch out for damaged coins that are straight graded. If any TPGS straight grades that coin, some folks would buy it at the grade on the label and some would not want it at any grade. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8357505, member: 24314"][COLOR=#0000ff]justafarmer, posted: "All the graders noticed the damage right away - yet the original grader still gave the coin a grade of MS-68?" [/COLOR] :rolleyes: My wife tells me I'm a poor communicator. So this is the best I can do: [B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff00ff]This poll is fictional.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#000000]or[/COLOR][/SIZE][B][SIZE=7][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 255)] All the graders noticed the damage right away...[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]The coin went out Unc Details, Damaged. You see, when I post something to discuss, I massage the actual occurrence to learn what you all think, make a point, trick you into thinking for yourself, etc. [COLOR=#0000ff] jeffB, posted: "I figured this was the point you were zeroing in on. A "Mint Error" is actually something that happens to a coin [I]before it leaves the press for the last time*.[/I] If it gets damaged by a packaging machine, or by a Mint employee, that's just [B]damage[/B], even if it happened within the Mint's walls." [/COLOR] True, but a more important point is to watch out for damaged coins that are straight graded. If any TPGS straight grades that coin, some folks would buy it at the grade on the label and some would not want it at any grade. ;)[/QUOTE]
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