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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CasualAg$, post: 3294572, member: 99311&quot;]What actual use is third party grading? What does it add to the experience of coin collecting? Slabs, labels, stickers, are they additive to that experience?</p><p><br /></p><p>What answers can be given that don’t revolve around coin prices?</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve read where ANACS originally certified coins as real, not counterfeit. I think that’s a benefit to the collector. I’m not convinced commercial grading adds anything but cost to collecting coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there was no grading system to enable steady profits to investors or speculators or thieves we’d be left with a group of people who appreciate coins and enjoy collecting them and support businesses that enable collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>What a nightmare!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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