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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1879681, member: 36230"]As far as I am (and certainly some others are) concerned, you now have had a <i>professional's opinion</i> and suggest you take it to heart.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, I also hope you will take to heart the point I've been trying to make. Until or unless you have your own <i>educated and experienced</i> opinion on a coin, and/or understand the individual TPG's standards, buying raw to submit is likely to be a sucker's game, and since you're not looking at $20 widgets, an expensive one at that. Also, please understand that getting a coin into a graded holder does not make it great, just acceptable, so if you really want something nice, perhaps you should save a little more and/or wait until one you truly fall for shows itself. In the long run, you'll be happy you did. Good luck to you, sir.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1879681, member: 36230"]As far as I am (and certainly some others are) concerned, you now have had a [I]professional's opinion[/I] and suggest you take it to heart. With that said, I also hope you will take to heart the point I've been trying to make. Until or unless you have your own [I]educated and experienced[/I] opinion on a coin, and/or understand the individual TPG's standards, buying raw to submit is likely to be a sucker's game, and since you're not looking at $20 widgets, an expensive one at that. Also, please understand that getting a coin into a graded holder does not make it great, just acceptable, so if you really want something nice, perhaps you should save a little more and/or wait until one you truly fall for shows itself. In the long run, you'll be happy you did. Good luck to you, sir.[/QUOTE]
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