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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 864291, member: 19065&quot;]You are right, the labels don&#039;t imply anything, but as a marketing device to a niche market of collectors who may be willing to pay more, they (the TPGs of one company) are attempting to get the paying collectors to identify with these labels, and that company, as bearing a product of greater value to that of another TPG graded coin, from the same TPG or another TPG with the same grade, to be of greater value. The TPGs <i>wish</i> to convince the market to think this way so that they may profit from this incorrect perception. Only the TPGs can get these labels to reinforce the concept of limited or unique products. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see the difference in a &#039;first strike&#039; Proof 70 being any different from a Proof 70 that&#039;s graded by the same company but without the designation because the coin was a little older during the minting year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe they need to start marking coins with unique serial numbers that correspond with dies in use, the ways notes can be traced to print runs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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