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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 3106247, member: 307&quot;][USER=71723]@V. Kurt Bellman[/USER] what’s wrong with books from Whitman???</p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously, I wish that people would support their arguments in any way other than being negative about something else. I know that the ANA course is a great course, but why trash the one publisher in this hobby that actually brings more people into the hobby???</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I couldn’t agree more that technical grading is excellent for circulated coins and falls apart at Mint State. It took me a long time to understand the value of market grading Mint State coins, but now that I do I’m on board.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current system of grading Mint State coins is not working very well, but it’s the best we have for now. I would welcome innovation in this arena, but I don’t have any suggestions.</p><p><br /></p><p>An argument that is not being made here is that TPGs don’t really grade Mint State coins as much as they (appraise) value them. The problem is that people try to make it hard science when it’s largely subjective. I also agree with a key point made by [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] that the numbers on the slab are not as important (nor even always grounded in reality) as the relative rank of the coins from top to bottom. (insert 5 emojis here)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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