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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 2016497, member: 24091&quot;]As a world coin enthusiast (primarily), the main reason for submitting to TPG is usually to establish authenticity, not grade.&nbsp; It has always surprised me that some US collectors get so obsessed with the assigned grade, and that pricing differentials in the hobby for US coins has become so lock-step with the assigned grade.&nbsp; To my way of thinking, there simply isn&#039;t a rational explanation for the value of a coin to jump ten-fold on a single point increase, no matter if it&#039;s 64 to 65 or 65 to 66 or whatever.&nbsp; I understand the influence registry sets have on this sort of thing, but the truth is, many &quot;finest known&quot; coins are of questionably more desirable esthetics than many lesser graded coins of the same issue.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The whole discussion reminds me of a friend who once taught psychology at UMKC.&nbsp; He could go into elaborate detail while discussing the IQ difference between an imbecile, a moron, and an idiot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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