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<p>[QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 3358395, member: 37839"]I think you should continue to buy coins—it is obvious that you have a sensitivity for the hobby, and Silver Dollars in specific. Just trying to be helpful. Morgans are not as easy to grade, as they are large, with large devices, with plenty of places to hide small pockets of wear. I was being sincere—having a nice stock of graded coins protects your investment (even though TPGs make mistakes), and gives the buyer a good frame of reference. The joke about buying raw Morgans MS, and having to sell the same coins AU is an old adage—before Third Party grading, it was even more subjective than it is now.</p><p><br /></p><p>My intent was to be sarcastically humorous, and sorry if it went awry. You do have good instincts, and don’t stress over debates on this site—we are often a bunch of opinionated experts (especially me).</p><p><br /></p><p>Just keep doing what you are doing, and thanks for your good wishes for my wife—she is recovering nicely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 3358395, member: 37839"]I think you should continue to buy coins—it is obvious that you have a sensitivity for the hobby, and Silver Dollars in specific. Just trying to be helpful. Morgans are not as easy to grade, as they are large, with large devices, with plenty of places to hide small pockets of wear. I was being sincere—having a nice stock of graded coins protects your investment (even though TPGs make mistakes), and gives the buyer a good frame of reference. The joke about buying raw Morgans MS, and having to sell the same coins AU is an old adage—before Third Party grading, it was even more subjective than it is now. My intent was to be sarcastically humorous, and sorry if it went awry. You do have good instincts, and don’t stress over debates on this site—we are often a bunch of opinionated experts (especially me). Just keep doing what you are doing, and thanks for your good wishes for my wife—she is recovering nicely.[/QUOTE]
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