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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Earle42, post: 2820209, member: 78261&quot;]This info comes directly from the owner of my local coinshop - a large dealer with a large online presence also.</p><p><br /></p><p>I asked him about the TPGs and their legitimacy with ASEs.</p><p><br /></p><p>He told me he was curious when he sent in a monster box of ASEs, that they came back with a constant ratio of 20% MS70s.&nbsp; He told me he poleed other large dealers he commonly associates with.&nbsp; He said they all said the same thing.&nbsp; He told me to start looking at slabbed MS70s, you can find marks yourself on them.&nbsp; I have even found them with small rim dings.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>He is totally convinced they simply take out 20% random from the box and slab then as MS70s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My opinion for them doing this is because it keeps the business going.&nbsp; More collectors are willing to gamble they get an MS70 if there is a decent amount of them on the market.&nbsp; In other words, its good business sense for the TPGs.&nbsp; They know the little guy will likely not find out, and even when they do, there are enough ardent followers of the TPGs to ridicule the idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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