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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2477471, member: 24314&quot;]Yep, been going on for years, particularly for some coin series!&nbsp; Every serious, informed, collector/dealer/TPGS knows that.&nbsp; However, it is not a gimmick.&nbsp; It is a business decision that has become the <span style="color: #b30000">excepted norm and status quo</span>. </p><p>That does not make it moral or right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some, such as yourself, will never except this <span style="color: #ff0000">change to grading.&nbsp; <span style="color: #000000">Others will recognize what is going on and &quot;play&quot; the system along with every serious, informed, collector/dealer who choose to play.&nbsp; </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="color: #000000">No one is forced to purchase an AU coin as Mint State.&nbsp; The only people hurt by this practice are the lazy, blind, or otherwise uninformed dupes who buy the plastic and not the coin.&nbsp; It is such a shame. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </span></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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