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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3247445, member: 71723"]You believe this. I do not. Grading is just now lately catching on in our mid-state. The CLEAR majority of members of Red Rose Coin Club, the state's MOST active (not PAN, sorry) club, collect raw coins exclusively. Our banquet chairman is a Bust Half Nut club member who has over 300 Overton numbered examples. NONE are in TPGS plastic, not a single one. It's a local preference with "legs". Our fairly recent Farran Zerbe Award winner, the late John Eshbach, never owned a slabbed coin, but had a full set of Stellas. They only first saw plastic when he sold. There are numerous important midstate collections with the same story. It's why Steinmetz and CNG were and are here. It's a local pattern. Life "without middle men" is a core part of our ethos. As near as I can glean, it descends from a lesson on Jesus at the Temple and "the money changers". The majority of even HOMES are sold at auction and NOT by realtors. It's different, but I've come to admire its internal ethical code. Our people like direct dealing in commerce without intermediaries.[/QUOTE]