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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 1305133, member: 22004&quot;]It&#039;s similar to paying for a &quot;Walkthrough&quot; and possibly getting a better grade, and in that case the increased fee is whopping.&nbsp; There is some kind of &quot;insurance&quot; connected to the grade, at least theoretically.&nbsp; If they coin is overgraded or turns a bad color in the holder you can theoretically present it to them for a refund, so if the coin is worth more, the guarantee is worth more, the grading fee is worth more...theoretically.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought of walking up to a customer service person at one of the grading companies and offering a C-note if they could do their best to get me a good grade on a high value coin...What do you suppose the reaction would be?&nbsp; &quot;What kind of a girl do you take me for? I would never do that for less than $500!&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And some argue there is &quot;honest&quot; graft and &quot;dishonest&quot; graft, if you caught the &quot;60 Minutes&quot; segment Sunday on how it is legal for members of Congress to do insider trading.&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.panarchy.org/plunkitt/graft.1905.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panarchy.org/plunkitt/graft.1905.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.panarchy.org/plunkitt/graft.1905.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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