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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2565011, member: 78244&quot;]My thoughts exactly (as I have pointed out in orevious posts). There should be third-party <i>authenticators</i>, not graders. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a friend at a coin club that paid full AU-50 retail for an EF-40 1864 L IHC in and AU-50 NGC holder. My opinion on the coin and the slab was concurred by Bill Fivaz. But my firend didn&#039;t care; it was in an AU-50 holder. That is the pervasive mentality that is eating away at our hobby. Many, <i>many </i>collectors buy the slab and not the coin, and they choose to not learn how to grade. This is the TPG market base because these collectors are totally reliant on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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