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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr. Coin Lover, post: 448974, member: 16060&quot;]I hope so also. However, my views on some things differ greatly from some collectors here.&nbsp; First, I read a lot of bashing of SGS and ANACS graded coins.&nbsp; I have made some of my best buys from these grading services.&nbsp; Looking at the coin and not the slab I saved money on some great coins.&nbsp; I cracked the slabs and put the coins imy albums or a display case I make for a few &quot;mini-sets&quot; I call them such as War Nickels and Westward Journey nickels.&nbsp; Second I restore silver coins.&nbsp; You can send a coin to NGC and pay them to restore it, they place in a slab, and now it is done with no mention of the restoration on the slab.&nbsp; I think they do an excellent job, but I wonder about something.&nbsp; If you had them restore a coin, after you get the coin have someone else send it in to be graded, would it be graded as a coin that has been cleaned?&nbsp; All the Peace Dollars in my collection are in my opinion beautiful.&nbsp; They all have beautiful cartwheels yet when I bought them they looked bad.&nbsp; It seemed I was the only person that would purchase them, I saved a lot of money.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t happen over night, took about a year.&nbsp; Coin collecting does take a lot of patience when you are on a budget. I also agree with the thught that almost all old coins have been tampered with at some time or anther in an attempt to enhance the appearance.&nbsp; I look forward to hearing others views on this.&nbsp; I am prepared and my feelings won&#039;t be hurt. I respect your feelings on this, I just don&#039;t think only the rich should be able to own rare and beautiful at the same time,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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