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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2679483, member: 24314&quot;]mikenoodle, posted: &quot;The fact is, Kurt, that Mr. Salzberg&#039;s comment is that the &quot;grade&quot; equates to the coin&#039;s value in the marketplace instead of giving us a technical grade, and letting collectors value the coin based on the non-technical merits.&nbsp; What it shows is that the TPGs are not grading coins, but rather valuing them.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing new here.&nbsp; That&#039;s what every TPGS has clamed to do since 1986.&nbsp;&nbsp; Prior to that the three &quot;important&quot; services (ANACS,INSAB, and NCI to some extent) were not &quot;value grading.&quot;&nbsp; The dealers got pissed and banded together to grade their own coins starting at PCGS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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