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Coin Grading - Third Side

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 Posted 04/06/2013  10:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add linxlvr to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I know I have seen coins where even after looking at a "tooled" or "rim damage" slab it was very hard to find it. In these types of cases certainly the coin should be valued in some relation to it's grade. I just don't like the slippery slope effect, where they might grade a coin xf details that has been cleaned, tooled, had graffiti, and AT toned to hide the history, and compare that to an xf details that has had one minor thing happen, such as a very old cleaning.

In the example coin of this thread, I don't know how I would grade it. But first, I would check it was genuine I guess. But with the bumps and hits and scratches...
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I agree I do wish they would somehow separate the minor issues from the major ones. Theres some you see where if the coin was raw youd probably never think about it or care that much but seeing it on the label brings it front and center to your attention where others its just blatantly obvious either way.

With the exception of uncirculated older coins I personally think theyve all been cleaned at some point and you just cant tell. Maybe not for coins from like the 40s or 50s but anything before 1900 I have a hard time believing it never went through anything that would be considered cleaning.
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