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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 971437, member: 26302&quot;]Perfectly good waste of plastic....</p><p><br /></p><p>My major problem with TPG&#039;ers is that every one of them have their own grading standards, all of them refusing to use ANA standards.&nbsp; With this you get grade &quot;adjustments&quot; over time to put it kindly. TPG grades are thought of by new collectors as &quot;permanent&quot; in reality they are very much temporary. Any slab today over 15 years old will not be taken at face value, the coin will be evaluated as if its not in a slab since grading could have changed. Speaking of face value, the other problem with slabbing is that it most likely represents the highest POSSIBLE grade for the coin. Think about it, if the submitter is sure it can be higher than it got, he will crack it out and resubmit, it is is overgraded it will never be touched. This leads to all slabs to be as high grade as possible or overgraded. Then there is the whole &quot;condition rarity&quot; crap which I just don&#039;t understand. A very common mercury dime, &quot;but its an MS 68, a very high grade so therefor a true rarity, and therefor worth XXXX&quot;. I don&#039;t get it, but thats ok since it will never be my money buying overpriced common coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best part of TPGing would be authentication. This could have been handled differently though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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