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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheMont, post: 2465036, member: 80121&quot;]Keep in mind, the population report from the grading services is not accurate, they even admit it themselves. There are certain coins that if graded one grade higher, take a huge increase in value and their price goes up enormously. I&#039;m referring to cracking out coins, which some dealers do on a regular basis. The grading service was offering something like 50c for each label returned to try and keep an accurate count, but most people who practice cracking out don&#039;t bother sending them in.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard of one dealer who&#039;ll crack and send the same coin 20 or more times to get that higher grade when the difference can mean thousands of dollars. Remember, grading is not a science, but an art. If the third and most important grader (finalizer) had a bad night he can drop a coin in grade and not realize it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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