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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 5146022, member: 24314&quot;]Lehigh96, posted: <b>&quot;I can post and example that will throw your statement of &quot;the TPGs, all grade coins basically the same&quot; if you would like.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </b><i>You can?</i>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><i>News flash:&nbsp; If I let my seminar students give the examples you suggest it would turn a 3-day session into <b>one hour on the third day for any instruction </b>by me.</i></p><p><i>Of course you know that we can find examples of under-graded, over-graded, and correctly graded (in our opinion) coins in every grading service slab.</i>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;PCGS grades more coins, so it would stand to reason that they make more mistakes. [<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #b300b3">Yes, that is one of the &quot;various reasons&quot; I alluded to above</span>.] That really isn&#039;t what we are discussing.&nbsp; To me, <b>this whole issue hinges on why the market values ICG &amp; ANACS graded coins lower than NGC &amp; PCGS graded coins.</b>&nbsp; It can&#039;t simply me marketing magic.&nbsp; Furthermore, I remember a time when ANACS slabbed coins were considered on par with both NGC &amp; PCGS.&nbsp; Those old soap bar slabs of ANACS didn&#039;t take the same backseat that the current ANACS does, so why is that?&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Asked and <b>answered </b>by <b><span style="color: #b30000">you</span></b> already.</i>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>The <span style="color: #b30000">demand</span> accelerated by marketing &amp; dealer associates.&nbsp; The opinion/promotion of the top two TPGS by a knowledgeable numismatist (<b><span style="color: #b30000">YOU</span></b>) is just another example of &quot;marketing.&quot;&nbsp; That&#039;s why high value coins go to the top two services.&nbsp; </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>It has nothing to do with the coins inside the slab EXCEPT the only high power coins I get to see anymore ($5K to 30K) are the C/F, repaired, and altered problem coins that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> IGNORANT coin dealers try to pass on us!</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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