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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IBetASilverDollar, post: 2848915, member: 85251&quot;]edit: I misread your first few sentences. I disagree and think there is a large percentage of the community who can&#039;t successfully buy coins raw.&nbsp; I&#039;m one of them but hope to eventually improve enough to not be. I think TPGs fill that need in the market very well. </p><p><br /></p><p>You like to view this as a negative in a &quot;unsuspecting buyers are purchasing misgraded coins&quot; way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take off your 50 years of experience shoes for a second and put on my, and millions of others, limited experience but interested in coins shoes. After buying nothing but dreck raw for my first few months I would have quit if not for TPGs. The positive aspects they provide so far outweigh the inconsistencies they may have in grading. I&#039;m confident in a few areas now but recently have fallen in love with type collecting. It&#039;s sure nice to be able to confidently purchase a capped bust dime that I know nothing about without having to worry about anything more than the fact that my MS63 maybe should be a 62 or 58 or lightly cleaned in the past. That is beyond a secondary worry to me and that probably drives you, again with decades of experience, crazy but try and understand my perspective.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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