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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 115737, member: 4920"]If all you're interested in is the slabs, sure. But if you're actually looking at the coins (hey, there's a novel idea!), PCGS, at least, definitely seems to err on the side of <i>overgrading</i>. And that's no good for the collector--or for the industry, for that matter--in the long run. But then, who's going to complain that their submitted coin was overgraded? And so count on the overgrading insanity to continue. And why the heck not? Never forget, all you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'd avoid all of them, if indeed there are any. I'm sure there are books that will teach you how to grade notes. Pick up some and learn how to grade your notes yourself. IMHO, you'll be better off than submitting them to some third-party service that's more likely than not to give them a "gift grade" just to secure your future business. But then again, I'm just a collector, not an investor, so what do I know...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 115737, member: 4920"]If all you're interested in is the slabs, sure. But if you're actually looking at the coins (hey, there's a novel idea!), PCGS, at least, definitely seems to err on the side of [I]overgrading[/I]. And that's no good for the collector--or for the industry, for that matter--in the long run. But then, who's going to complain that their submitted coin was overgraded? And so count on the overgrading insanity to continue. And why the heck not? Never forget, all you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people. ;) I'd avoid all of them, if indeed there are any. I'm sure there are books that will teach you how to grade notes. Pick up some and learn how to grade your notes yourself. IMHO, you'll be better off than submitting them to some third-party service that's more likely than not to give them a "gift grade" just to secure your future business. But then again, I'm just a collector, not an investor, so what do I know...[/QUOTE]
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