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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2766056, member: 78244&quot;]Or that standards have loosened up since the coin was slabbed in the fatty holder. You should try the experiment with current holders.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When I am looking at high-grade early US, the TPGs sometimes assign a value of MS-63 to an AU coin. Sometimes the dealer markets it as a premuim MS-63 coin for MS-64 money, hoping the buyer does not know the difference. The TPGs just did a disservice to the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>And how about cleaned coins graded as problem-free, like many seated dollars? Are they suddenly worth as much as problem-free coins just because the plastic says so?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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