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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 141858, member: 2972&quot;]Troll hit the nail on the head with respect to market -vs- technical grading.&nbsp; I could have not said it better myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure that I would go so far to call market grading a fraud, but it certainly should raise some eyebrows...</p><p><br /></p><p>More importantly, it should impact which coins in which holders in which grades you choose to buy.&nbsp; For me, personally, I do not collect top population moderns.&nbsp; I feel there is too much &quot;false value&quot; at this grade (not to mention they are relatively expensive in comparison to thier &quot;just a bit lower quality&quot; bretheren).&nbsp; For my Eisenhower dollar collection, I choose the next lower grade -- in this case MS 66.&nbsp; For my Franklin half collection, it was MS 64 FBL.&nbsp; I then find the nicest one I can -- buy the coin not the holder.&nbsp; How you make your choices is, of course, completely up to you.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Take care...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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