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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1498546, member: 112&quot;]I don&#039;t disagree with what you said beef, but ask yourself this question - how did it get to be the way it is for the early copper market ?</p><p><br /></p><p>It was that way before the TPGs came along, but when they did come along, things changed. Early copper began to be slabbed left and right. Problem was, after a period of time the EAC guys began to see that the TPGs were over-grading the coins. Or, sometimes body-bagging the coins. They ( the EAC folks) didn&#039;t much care for either one. </p><p><br /></p><p>It took time to get back to where it is now, which is much like it used to be before the TPGs. But it was done because the individuals were of a similar opinion and so they took things into their own hands. They began cracking the coins out and buying and selling them based on their own grades. But about the only reason that worked is because with early copper you have to know what you are doing, you have to know the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>And that is the problem because with other coins there are waaaaaaaaaaay too many collectors who do not know what they are doing and do not know the coins. And because of this they have to rely on the TPGs. That&#039;s what keeps the TPGs in business.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has been over 12 years since I wrote my first article about collectors and dealers needing to bind together and make demands on the TPGs, force the TPGs to adopt a universal and consistent and unchanging grading standard that all of the TPGs had to follow. In other words to do what the EAC folks did - just ignore and quit using the TPGs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the TPGs also chose to ignore the actions of the EAC folks because the TPGs didn&#039;t need the EAC folks to survive - they still had everybody else. But you want to see changes ? You want to see consistency ? You want to see a universal and unchanging grading standard ? Bind together and just watch how fast it happens. I&#039;ll bet it wouldn&#039;t take 6 months. Heck 3 would probably do it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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