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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1287824, member: 15929&quot;]I have been a Collectors Club Member with PCGS since 2004 at a cost of $200 per year.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have submitted hundreds upon hundreds of coins for grading at all different levels.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have hundreds of coins that have been slabbed which cannot be sold for the costs it took to get them graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have what &quot;I think&quot; is a pretty good eye but constantly get reminded of how &quot;bad&quot; my eye is when the results of my submissions get posted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am in my early 60&#039;s and have some money to waste.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have learned that the money I wasted is truly wasted and I&#039;ll never get it back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have hundreds of coins in 2.5 x 2.5 flips which I have selected to be graded but due to the above results have not submitted them and probably never will simply because I&#039;ve fooled myself into thinking that the coins are actually worth submitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have learned over the years that it does not really matter what I think when it comes to a coins grade. It only matters what the graders think and the graders do not have a vested interest in the coins that I submit and therefore will grade the coins without &quot;owner&#039;s bias&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have learned that Modern Proof Coins are not really as high grade as most people, especially new collectors, believe. I buy at least 10 sets each year, both regular and silver, and have yet to submit any for grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have learned that there are no &quot;perfect coins&quot;, modern or otherwise, because &quot;perfect&quot;, meaning MS/PR70, is only an opinion as I have seen many MS/PR70 coins which, IMO, are not &quot;perfect&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice to ANY new collector is to understand that if it were that easy, then everybody would do it and the poster that recommended looking at the Populations of MS/PR69 coins vs MS/PR70 coins hit the nail on the head. The 69&#039;s are all those that the submitters thought were 70&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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