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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2679475, member: 71723&quot;]Yup, and that last line literally came out of Brian Silliman&#039;s mouth at the ANA course on &quot;Grading, Problem Coins, and Conservation&quot;. I believe the exact quote was: &quot;These days, we aren&#039;t so much grading coins as pricing them.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>No hesitation, no shame, no remorse. It&#039;s more like &quot;we finally found the right way to do this.&quot; I find myself agreeing that this way is better.</p><p><br /></p><p>It DOES have a downside. I won&#039;t pay for color. It&#039;s a &quot;thing&quot; with me. I just have to mentally subtract the &quot;color premium&quot; in the grade, which means I won&#039;t get a chance to buy a coin I might like despite its color, because the &quot;color premium&quot; is built into the grade/price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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