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<p>[QUOTE="therocktjb, post: 1642386, member: 43258"]I tend to forget about the registry set stuff, that I can somewhat understand. And I agree with classics, etc as I said above. I can understand getting the Commem's graded, to an extent if people aren't keeping them well, etc for future generations to be able to find great coins. But at the same time, the OGP does wonderfully well at keeping the coins preserved. I just cracked out the George Washington halves from their OGP, and they were still pristine, and they'be been in the packaging for 31 years now. </p><p><br /></p><p>I watch the Coin Shoppe and HSN shows to laugh at how much they charge for something getting a perfect grade, that if the person buying said coins went straight to the source (US Mint, etc) they would likely get the EXACT same coin! </p><p><br /></p><p>To each there own, I'm not hating on people that get their coins graded, it's their collection and decision. Just baffles me at what gets sent in for grading these days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="therocktjb, post: 1642386, member: 43258"]I tend to forget about the registry set stuff, that I can somewhat understand. And I agree with classics, etc as I said above. I can understand getting the Commem's graded, to an extent if people aren't keeping them well, etc for future generations to be able to find great coins. But at the same time, the OGP does wonderfully well at keeping the coins preserved. I just cracked out the George Washington halves from their OGP, and they were still pristine, and they'be been in the packaging for 31 years now. I watch the Coin Shoppe and HSN shows to laugh at how much they charge for something getting a perfect grade, that if the person buying said coins went straight to the source (US Mint, etc) they would likely get the EXACT same coin! To each there own, I'm not hating on people that get their coins graded, it's their collection and decision. Just baffles me at what gets sent in for grading these days.[/QUOTE]
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