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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2485419, member: 71723&quot;]Congratulations to you both. The thing is, I have no interest in the particular way ANACS and OSV are going about this. They are targeting it at an audience that cares about different things than I do. I readily admit I&#039;m the odd one in this picture. I don&#039;t care about having a higher grade piece than the other fellow and I never have. I want to own a coin, or set in this case, that a) pleases ME, and b) protects the set for passing down to my son, who very much DOES care about coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the base concept of having a durable protective holder in which a complete DMS can be housed, along with an authoritative statement that yup, these 18 coins comprise a 1956 DMS. An original one? Cripes, at this point in time we can&#039;t know. An educated guess based on the totality of the circumstances is the best we&#039;ve got.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the thing. Just having that protective joint holder, and a certification that all 18 coins in it are a 1956 DMS would be a VERY valuable thing TO ME PERSONALLY. That&#039;s the only part of this that appeals to me, and I&#039;ll just bet I&#039;m not alone in that.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, the rest of what OSV and ANACS are trying to say about this is pure fantasy world stuff. But that doesn&#039;t change the fact that I believe DMS coins are eminently identifiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>We know that S/B and Heritage are not the least bit shy about identifying them and both NGC and PCGS are reluctant. That, to me, speaks poorly of the TPGS firms generally, not poorly of the auction houses, on THIS issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the NEXT issue, I reserve the right to reverse my position, slamming the auction houses and backing the TPGSs. Nobody gets everything right. I don&#039;t DO idol worship. I take issues a la carte.</p><p><br /></p><p>My exception is that I rarely believe ANYTHING coming from PCGS, but that&#039;s MY particular fetish, and even that has exceptions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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