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Message:: [QUOTE="samjimmy, post: 151146, member: 3813"]Well at least you aren't insane <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> My point is that (for example) there's likely to be more MS67 1999-D Nickels (mintage of 1,066,720,000) than MS67 1938-D Nickels (mintage of 5,376,000).  So while there might not be many 1999-D graded at MS67 (if one views the population reports), it's probably not rare at all as there haven't been that many graded.  There may even be more 1938-D graded at MS67 (again, simply due to more being graded in total).  So yes I expect to find more, but isn't that sensible?  With 1,061,344,000 more coins minted of the 1999-D than the 1938-D, I think it's a reasonable expectation. Regardless, I think spending $15+ to grade a coin with a mintage of 1,066,720,000 is pretty insane. I also think grading bullion ASE is a bit out there, but even more so, those new gold Buffalos (as they come wrapped, etc.) -but I'll gladly pay the same price I would for an ungraded ASE for a MS69 ASE (I have a few, paid $13 for them). I guess I feel that there's at least a 1 point (+/-) degree of error in grading and that spending thousands more for a one point higher grade is not worth it.  As with my previous example... 84198 1966 SMS CAMS64 = $17MS65 = $40MS66 = $60MS67 = $175MS68 = $3500 Wouldn't you feel like an idiot if you bought an MS68 nickel and it was resubmitted and got a MS67 grade?  I tend to bid at 1-2 grades lower in realized auction prices for any coin, as I just don't buy the whole TPG as much as some others do.  I know you aren't a TPG cheerleader though, so I think we're more or less on the same page.[/QUOTE]

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