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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 7757089, member: 75936&quot;]I’ve also seriously tried to get into this modern stuff but just can’t find a way! A huge turn-off is this practice of giving coins a mark out of 70, then entombing them in a plastic coffin. And then applying stickers to indicate that a coin is on the higher end of a 64/70. And then having nonsensical online debates about whether a coin deserves the 64/70 with the sticker, or maybe the sticker is too generous because there’s a tiny tiny mark somewhere on the coin under 10x magnification?</p><p><br /></p><p>Why not use the traditional scale of Poor to Extremely Fine? And then use your eyes to judge the merits (style, toning, patina etc) and then decide for <i>yourself</i> if you like the coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides, I don’t have the storage space to accommodate piles of slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that’s why I can’t get into modern coins. My non-participation doesn’t make any difference though - modern coins (especially US) are huge business![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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