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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IBetASilverDollar, post: 3221622, member: 85251&quot;]The 1886 [USER=22377]@ddddd[/USER] posted definitely looks like one of the few complete misses by the PCGS and CAC combo.&nbsp; That would make it the third one I&#039;ve seen that no matter how I try to justify it I can&#039;t - that&#039;s not me saying I&#039;m a better grader than the experts it&#039;s saying the experts make mistakes from time to time it&#039;s impossible not to with what they&#039;re tasked with.&nbsp; And that&#039;s perfectly okay because that combo has made me feel safe spending 4 figures + on coins from pictures only even though of course they&#039;re not gonna bat .1000.&nbsp; I know [USER=76863]@baseball21[/USER] knows that too and I appreciate his efforts defending the TPGs because IMO they have an absolutely impossible job to do and I think they do it incredibly well the vast majority of the time - incredibly might be an understatement too.&nbsp; They get completely #$!^ on for their mistakes when the reality is compared to the amount they grade they&#039;re few and far between.&nbsp; No one posts &quot;look at this perfectly graded MS65 coin great job PCGS!&quot; or there&#039;d be 14,000 threads a day they post &quot;HOW COULD PCGS MISS THIS&quot; instead.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I could buy all my coins in person (two of my favorite coins happen to be the ones I picked up at Central States - my only coin show - there&#039;s just no substitute for holding it in hand) but that&#039;s impossible and that&#039;s why I really appreciate the TPGs and CAC even with their occasional misses.&nbsp; I&#039;d have quit long ago if not for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/32696442_800x600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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