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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1508702, member: 112&quot;]No, not in any way. I am merely good at it. But never once have I ever claimed to be an expert of any kind - because I know I am not. Never once have I ever claimed to be a professional grader, because I am not, never have been, and never will be.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And I never did need them. I have never submitted a single coin to any TPG for grading because I have been quite capable of grading them myself for many years. Sure I bought many graded coins, thousands of them. But, never once when I disagreed with the TPG grade - unless I got the coin at a price equal to or less than I thought it was worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>You also need to understand, I quit collecting US coins in 2003. Back then it was pretty unusual for me not to be able to grade a raw coin that belonged to somebody else, have them submit it and then not have it come back at the grade I assigned. And in the majority of the cases where it did not come back at the grade I assigned, it came back graded higher. And I did that for quite a few years. That is why so many people over the years have always asked me for my opinion before they buy a coin, grade or raw. That is part of the reason why I am so certain that the TPGs changed their grading standards in early 2004. I sure didn&#039;t change.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, prior to that time it was pretty unusual for me to look at a coin, almost any coin, and disagree with the grade assigned by the TPG - NGC or PCGS. But by mid to late 2004 I was disagreeing a lot. Have been ever since.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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