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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 115755, member: 3011&quot;]centamint, coin grading is pretty subjective in the best of cases, and borderline criminal in the worst.&nbsp; It has to be one of the most crooked &quot;professions&quot; around.&nbsp; It may be one of the few commercial activities left in America where dealers can very deliberately and intentionally act in a manner to defraud customers without much fear of legal prosecution.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure whether this situation attracts dishonest people, or if people become dishonest because of the opportunity to cheat without risk.&nbsp; But the risk to people like you and me, the casual hobbyist just trying to get fair value, is extremely high.&nbsp; About the only thing you can do is to stick with the top grading companies and hope for the best; or develop the grading expertise yourself.&nbsp; My personal solution has been to stick with coins that either sell reasonably close to the value of the gold and silver bullion content, and/or to collect fairly inexpensive coins and tokens.&nbsp; Obviously this is pretty limiting for most collectors, but I&#039;m happy with my approach.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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