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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2941393, member: 71723&quot;]I&#039;m saying that IN THE PRESENT DAY, taking into account the TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, aside from specialty attributions like VAMS, nothing from any company other than PCGS or NGC is persuasive to me. Both NGC and PCGS, if and when I disagree with their findings, are entitled to more deference and an additional look, but only that. BTW, ANACS used to be entitled to that same deference, even aside from VAM&#039;s. That was a different era. They no longer are.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I&#039;d have to &quot;blame&quot; you for ANY shortcoming, Doug, it would be stubbornly living in the past, and obsessing over how much better things used to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that things have changed and still continue to do so, but I think at least some of it is improvement.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll add this - only twice have I thoroughly disagreed with a NGC or PCGS beyond the &quot;hmm, okay, I guess&quot; level, and both times my initial opinion was verified by resubmitting the coin. Once, they moved their grade to what mine initially was, and in the other, it became one of those &quot;hmm, okay, I guess&quot; jobs.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, that applies to coins I own. I&#039;ve seen lots of &quot;somebody was high&quot; coins in dealers&#039; stock, and high-end auction catalogs. I will admit that looking at Heritage and S/B coins &quot;in the hand&quot; in lot-viewing rooms, does reduce that feeling somewhat.</p><p><br /></p><p>There ARE times when my medical condition temporarily monkeys with my eyesight, and occasionally that happens on a coin trip. When it does, I change my expectations of what I can get done, until it clears up. The upside of those times is I can drive without my glasses then, so I have some fun that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re ever at an ANA show and nobody with ANA knows where Bellman is, I&#039;m out taking pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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