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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rawbuyer, post: 1066592, member: 27213&quot;]I remember the days when you studied coins, attended shows, read books, and learned how to determine, to some extent, how to grade a coin without the help of a TPG (There were none when I started collecting in the late 1960&#039;s). You spoke and shared your potential purchases with other collectors and then made your own determination on the grade and value. I don&#039;t blame these coin grading factories, they must see quite a large volume of coins daily, and probably don&#039;t give much attention to more common material. The more they grade and push out the door the more money the firm makes.&nbsp; Remember, as I have seen on this site before, &quot;Buy the coin not the slab its in&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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