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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;swish513, post: 817001, member: 22068&quot;]to play devil&#039;s advocate...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>TPGs have done a harm to the hobby in that they have made it easy for lazy collectors to get coins in the grade they want. no more searching coin after coin and determining for yourself the grade. it&#039;s all &quot;look at the sticker and buy.&quot; you can say &quot;buy the coin, not the slab&quot; all you want, but new collectors don&#039;t buy grading books and learn how to grade coins themselves. they just take the &quot;professionals&quot; opinions. and, yes, the professionals make mistakes too. ANACS is a &quot;professional&quot; grading service, but i hear all the time that they &quot;aren&#039;t up to par,&quot; so to speak.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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