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<p>[QUOTE="Pennycase, post: 13302, member: 1141"]<i>I take it from the subsequent posts that this "MS-65" grade is your own opinion</i> </p><p> </p><p>That's what the people at grading services give is just that "opinions", they are just opinions that they actually get paid to make, and can stick a coin in a plastic container, slap a sticker on it and it be justified, take it out of the graded case, and stick into a 2x2, does that make the grade any differant? Surely most out there aren't considering the (grading services) plastic containers as an actual collectible item, and giving it the reason for the coin being even more valuable, it's not. And as I said in my posts, me and a group of friends, which is basically the same thing as an employee of (whichever grading service) Grading the coin something, then it goes to maybe a second, then finally the president of the company, except me and my friends aren't getting paid to do it, who is to say that we have any less experience than someone at a grading service.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as these so called nicks, scratches and bad cleaning, I don't know if you were questioning my judgement on how I graded my bust 50 c piece or what, but, as you all will come to soon find out, if there is certain problems with a coin I buy, I usually explain it the way I write down on my little 2x2, I will say again a very fine coin indeed, anybody think otherwise? They can wait till I die to have it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .</p><p><br /></p><p>One more thing commenting towards the last posts: I'm a coin collector, not an invester, there is a major differance, as I said before on my 50 c piece and anything else in my collection, what is in my collection, will stay in my collection, and they can have it when I die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pennycase, post: 13302, member: 1141"][I]I take it from the subsequent posts that this "MS-65" grade is your own opinion[/I] That's what the people at grading services give is just that "opinions", they are just opinions that they actually get paid to make, and can stick a coin in a plastic container, slap a sticker on it and it be justified, take it out of the graded case, and stick into a 2x2, does that make the grade any differant? Surely most out there aren't considering the (grading services) plastic containers as an actual collectible item, and giving it the reason for the coin being even more valuable, it's not. And as I said in my posts, me and a group of friends, which is basically the same thing as an employee of (whichever grading service) Grading the coin something, then it goes to maybe a second, then finally the president of the company, except me and my friends aren't getting paid to do it, who is to say that we have any less experience than someone at a grading service. As far as these so called nicks, scratches and bad cleaning, I don't know if you were questioning my judgement on how I graded my bust 50 c piece or what, but, as you all will come to soon find out, if there is certain problems with a coin I buy, I usually explain it the way I write down on my little 2x2, I will say again a very fine coin indeed, anybody think otherwise? They can wait till I die to have it :) . One more thing commenting towards the last posts: I'm a coin collector, not an invester, there is a major differance, as I said before on my 50 c piece and anything else in my collection, what is in my collection, will stay in my collection, and they can have it when I die.[/QUOTE]
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