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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skylark, post: 176229, member: 3560&quot;]See his last contest, where in my humble opinion the best answer was mine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As with most everything else my opinion is neither.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Third Party Graders are great, they usually grade coins for less and give them better scores. It makes ones collection more &quot;expensive/professional&quot;. Collecting supposed to make you happy and 3rdPG&#039;s do this.(So long as you just don&#039;t tell them their MS70 coin ain&#039;t as good as your MS66). </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Third Party Graders are ruining the hobby, they put higher grades then what it deserves and new/uneducated collectors get ripped off. And when they learn this they are liable to quit the hobby or be disheartened. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grading is relative and therefore nether of these Best/Ruining opinions are right.</p><p>Whose to say that PCGS isn&#039;t just full of a bunch of old geezers with way to high standards and cant let go of the past? </p><p>Simply put my position is: If it looks nice and is in you price rage, buy it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually emplore you not not to grade your coins, Sure you get that nice feeling inside when your coins scores good. But it&#039;s not about the numbers people! </p><p>However I also realize that some people collect in grades and to each their own. I only hope they don&#039;t collect thus just for trumping over others and the associated feelings.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Note: I don&#039;t have a single graded coin, I&#039;m happy with my coins just they way they are. (and I don&#039;t collect those you&#039;d usually get graded)</p><p>But I do have a few coins graded MS-100 (100% mesmerizing and special):high5: </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll stop here.</p><p>Enjoy my little rant in there? :eating:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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