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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;purple88, post: 1797184, member: 56032&quot;]<font face="georgia"><font size="3">I certainly agree with you when it comes to a collection or &quot;unsearched rolls&quot;.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font size="3"><font face="georgia">But let&#039;s apply this scenario to modern freshly minted coins.</font></font></span></p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="georgia"><font size="3">This trend of modern semi-numis being slabbed by the boatload.&nbsp; I&#039;ll use a 2013 Panda as an example.&nbsp; Single coin in OMP retail is $30... MS-69 it&#039;s $40 and an MS-70 is $55. I know the TPG have introduced reduced price grading services for modern coins but even at the reduced rate, a volume discount, shipping and handling, and then the marketing and overhead a dealer must pay how do they make any real profit?&nbsp; </font></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="georgia"><font size="3">I know they get the coins at wholesale but even then 7 out of 10 coins they submit would have to come back MS-70 and the other three as MS-69s.&nbsp; Do they cherry pick mint rolls? </font></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="georgia"><font size="3"> Have a crew go through each mint roll and examine each coin to only select the &quot;best&quot; for grading? And the others go up on eBay or are sold on there websites to retail customers?</font></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="georgia"><font size="3">A modern minted coin in a mint roll fresh from the mint should automatically already be an MS-69 or MS-70. For goodness sake it&#039;s brand new and has never been handled.</font></font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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