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Message:: [QUOTE="clembo, post: 699218, member: 8033"]I agree with what others have posted. The company you bought them from may not be overly confident that a TPG would agree with their grading. That coupled with the fact that you bought sight unseen makes it worse. You've already heard all of this though. In the shop I work at if it's a tougher date or we feel it's really choice we send it to a TPG. Usually NGC but also PCGS and ANACS. It gives us more confidence as well as the buyer. It's not only slabbed at that point but you can see it for yourself. We sell raw as well but never label a coin MS63 or MS64 etc. Even though we are a shop we are not a TPG. Most of our coins aren't even priced.You like it, my boss gives a price and if you like the price you buy it. The vast majority of my coins are raw. I bought most of them in person to person contact and paid what I considered a fair price. The few times I have bought from a "large dealer" sight unseen I was carefull to check return policies and if they had restocking fees. I sent a few back for being overgraded. Study the coins that you collect and do business in person when possible.[/QUOTE]