Lincoln opinion??

Leadfoot · Nov 25, 2012

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I fully understand what the TPGs actually do; I just disagree that they should be doing it. A company that claims they sell a grading service should be doing precisely that, no more, no less. As for how many "bodybagged" coins have I sold? 0. None of the coins I've ever submitted (to date, 1; soon will be submitting 10 more) have been bodybagged, and haven't sold any that I've graded. I fully understand how the coin game works as per TPGs; I just simply don't agree that it should work that way. But ultimately that's just my own opinion and I can't convince anyone determined not to be convinced, so guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I almost never sell my coins anyway so ultimately the only opinion that matters about a coin I own (or want to own) is my own.

I fully believe that it's the responsibility of willing buyers and willing sellers to determine the value of a given coin; not the TPGs; as a allegedly disinterested third party they should only be giving opinions on the authenticity and technical grade of the coin. Yes, I know that's not the way it really works, but I firmly believe that's the way it should work. The fact that it doesn't work that way is a large part of why I have little respect for TPGs.

(In the interest of full disclosure, the few coins I've ever sold were almost entirely raw coins that usually went for about their silver value. Generally these were what I considered "surplus," and almost all of the proceeds went back into buying more coins. I buy my coins because I like to collect them and don't care what they are worth except in the sense I want to get good value for my money when I BUY them. What they could potentially sell for is the problem of whoever inherits them after I die lol...)

OK I promise to try to restrain myself from ranting about TPGs for a little while at least lol... I believe I made my position clear.
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