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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numismania, post: 1922235, member: 28971&quot;]I can see your point, and it&#039;s actually a great way to go about collecting.&nbsp; What it ALSO does is, it makes it crucial that the collector actually LEARN HOW to grade for him/her self, and learn to identify any specific die marriages in a particular series (though some series have multiple die marriages for a lot of dates).&nbsp; It also brings to the table the fact that a collector shouldn&#039;t just &#039;buy the slab/grade&#039;, which is all too common now. </p><p><br /></p><p>LOTS of sellers of high value coins do just that (I can think of one young man right now, with lots of high-dollar coins for sale on ebay, and he buys what collectors on all coin forums like, talk about, think are &#039;hot&#039; at the moment), and because of this, all he needs to do is open his wallet/checkbook, and never has to open a book to learn.&nbsp; A person can now act like a knowledgeable seller with actually having little knowledge.&nbsp; Just buy the grade, or, in this sellers case, just buy the toning, as long as it&#039;s in an authentic TPG slab.&nbsp; TPG&#039;s have been almost a double&nbsp; edged sword...they give us the comfort of knowing we have purchased an authentic coin with the grade we want, but has made it less important to actually study to learn/know the series and how to grade that coin/series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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