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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stewart, post: 690464, member: 19834&quot;]On the subject of trusting the TPG&#039;s</p><p>On the whole yes we can trust the top tier TPG&#039;s to do as good a job as can be done at this time. Yes grading is subjective. It takes quite some time to learn to do it right.</p><p>This hobby has many aspects to it and as many different ways to collect coins as there is collectors. Grading is one aspect to the hobby. And for those that do not want to learn how to grade to a level where they feel comfortable purchasing a hundred or two hundred dollar coin on their grading skills, The TPG&#039;s allow them the comfort to know they are not wasting their money on a grossly over-graded piece. That way they can continue to enjoy the hobby.</p><p>Example: I have been riding motorcycles since 5 years old, My uncle use to collect Harley&#039;s The part of the motorcycle experience he enjoyed was actually working on the as much as riding them. Me I just like riding and do not care at all to learn how to tear a motor apart, just basic work on them.</p><p>And there are others that do not even want to learn to do basic maintenance on their bikes. They go to the shop every spring to Professionals that do that every day. And they still enjoy riding.&nbsp; </p><p>I took a year and taught myself to grade coins and that was just two years ago that I finished, until then I had a general knowledge of grading I had learned back in the 70&#039;s But was not until a couple of years ago that I wanted the challenge of teaching myself to spot grade(Ability to grade a coin in under 60 seconds for visiting coin shows) but this time did not come until I was able to set aside 3-4 hours a day to learn this a lot of people do not have that kind of time to devote to lerning to grade yet they still want to enjoy the hobby</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my 2c and probably worth just that<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I Just ENJOY our great hobby and the great PEOPLE:hail:</p><p><br /></p><p>Stewart[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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