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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 819116, member: 16510&quot;]<b>I still maintain bullion coins have no buisness being graded as it relates</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I still maintain bullion coins have no buisness being graded as it relates to other (meant for circulation) type coins.</p><p>Have any of you ever seen a MS-62 ASE in a TPG slab and what prey tell would that tell us other than somebody through their money out the car window?</p><p>This is one of the problems I have with TPG companies.&nbsp; If they simply would have put a BULLION designation in front (or after) the grade I could live with that.&nbsp; If graded at all they should be &quot;kept&quot; in a seperate class of coins.&nbsp; For goodness sakes how many new people to the hobby have bought these things in MS-69 holders (and paid a premieum) only later to find out they are all (80%) MS-69.&nbsp; That plus the NGC and PCGS coins in MS-69 get no more money when sold than the same coins in rolls or singles that are raw, at least around here.</p><p>A Mint State coin (MS-whatever) does mean a state of presevation but these very coins were meant to be &quot;this way&quot; and this way only.</p><p>&quot;If a coin is not ever intended for circulation should it be graded with the same other coins that are&quot;?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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