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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2565128, member: 24314&quot;]As usual, I&#039;ll <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> add some personal thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">I was there also and IMO most of this statement is a fairytale myth.&nbsp; Were photo-certs traded w/o coins: <span style="color: #ff0000">YES</span>.&nbsp; Problem is, you had to be practically <span style="color: #ff0000">BLIND</span> not to be able to match a coin and its cert.&nbsp; BTW, the same type of ignorant, blind collectors are collecting coins today.&nbsp; They purchase the TPGS slabs that are cobbled up from crack-outs, glue seam and all.</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Very true; yet it is more complicated than that.&nbsp; Consider this.&nbsp; Out of all the dealers &amp; collectors around, how many are professional graders?&nbsp; Even fewer get to be professional finalizers.&nbsp; While I can teach anyone to grade coins &quot;technically&quot; in a short period of time, &quot;Market grading&quot; &amp; acceptability is a long process governed by many, many things like a <span style="color: #ff0000">coin&#039;s value at the moment</span> due to economic conditions.&nbsp; While I believe many of these factors screw it up for all of us, I don&#039;t make the rules.&nbsp; That&#039;s why coins like 1886-O, 1901-P, and 1884-S dollars that look just like an ordinary MS-63 are commercially graded as AU&#039;s!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Most collectors don&#039;t have time to learn &quot;market&quot; grading</span>.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">So, I&#039;ll up you and say 85% of the <span style="color: #b300b3">dealers</span> and collectors couldn&#039;t grade themselves out of a paper bag!&nbsp;&nbsp; They are still in business or still can afford to collect BECAUSE of slabs.&nbsp; </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">That&#039;s the way it should be.&nbsp; Unfortunately/fortunately because of TPGS, dealers &amp; collectors don&#039;t NEED to learn to grade and</span> <span style="color: #ff0000">they are worse off for it.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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