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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3154040, member: 112&quot;]We&#039;re in agreement on the basic concept that the designations existed pre-TPG. But I believe a big part of the reason NGC and PCGS use the different criteria they do use is specifically to get people to submit coins to them. And in that way it is a profit generator. Were it not, they would both use the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also believe that the special designations were originally created as a means of generating profit - but by people wishing to sell coins for more than they were really worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, special designations are just so much hot air.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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