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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mattman, post: 206131, member: 2621&quot;]I&#039;m glad you said it, I didn&#039;t want to.But only as far as people being so damn picky. I must say that I&#039;ve been collecting for years and this forum is an excellent source of information and fun to just navigate thru. At least once a week I learn some new little tid-bit about coins or the hobby itself, all from other collectors. I&#039;m still old school tho and pretty much just use the old grading system I learned as a kid. </p><p>it&#039;s beat - (P-G)&nbsp; its ok (VG-F) it&#039;s nice (VF-AU) it&#039;s really nice (shiny AU) it&#039;s Unc (ms-60) and Gem BU (ms65+)</p><p>It was so much easier than. If you wanted an uncirculated Morgan you got anywhere between a MS60 and MS65 (by todays standards) I&#039;ll let the investors worry as to whether it&#039;s a 61 or a 62 or a 63. To me it&#039;s an uncirculated Morgan (or whatever) and I&#039;ll be damned if I&#039;m going to pay more $$ to get a coin that someone I never met in someplace I&#039;ve never been says it&#039;s worth more because it has a microscopic less amount of wear on it. I don&#039;t have much use for TPG&#039;s when it comes to circulated coins. I will admit that I do favor TPG&#039;s when it comes to cameo proofs or keys &amp; raritys tho. but that&#039;s just my preference. In my opinion if collectors had their way there would be a 10 point grading system (more econmical and less whining = more fun) and if investors had their way they would try to get it up to an hundred or more. I just waitng for the decimal points to come out. Than the &quot;investors&quot; could say this MS65.325 Morgan is worth $20.00 bucks more than that beat up MS65.275, c&#039;mon it&#039;s only $20 more for a higher grade, don&#039;t you want the best? </p><p>If people want to be overly picky, let them it&#039;s their coin and their money. Now if you excuse me I have a&nbsp; really nice 1917 Lincoln that I think I might go look at under the full moon, facing North, while smoking a cigarettte, drinking a fizzing soda while wearing a hat and two left shoes. It probably won&#039;t even be worth a cent after that. (Just Kidding,.....I&#039;ll probably be drinking a beer)</p><p>Mattman[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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