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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 5175174, member: 29751"]It gets even worse when you look at companies like ICG and ANACS, where they have such a small staff of graders that the combined knowledge is so thin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I implore <i>any and all </i>collectors in specific collecting areas to learn about that niche areas themselves. [USER=78719]@7Jags[/USER] and [USER=96746]@robp[/USER] are absolute rock-stars for UK coinage grading and knowledge. Others like [USER=46237]@Jaelus[/USER] are almost unmatched in their specific collecting areas (e.g., Hungarian coinage). I would say [USER=13450]@Zohar444[/USER] is top notch in Talers. Etc., etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would consider myself an "eclectic" collector, but my experience crosses coinage from many countries and time periods. I can hold my own - but if I wade into new waters, I always seek out area-specific advice and information from those who have more focused interests and expertise.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is completely unreasonable to expect any TPGS to have universal and infallible knowledge. They have access to great libraries of reference materials, but "book-learning" can often not replace hands-on learning in very specific areas of numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>I largely use TPGS for the "authentication (genuine)" and "conservation (slab protection)" factors. The grades are mostly irrelevant to me when buying a coin, so long as I find the <b>quality </b>to be up to my expectations and the corresponding <b>price </b>to be reasonable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 5175174, member: 29751"]It gets even worse when you look at companies like ICG and ANACS, where they have such a small staff of graders that the combined knowledge is so thin. I implore [I]any and all [/I]collectors in specific collecting areas to learn about that niche areas themselves. [USER=78719]@7Jags[/USER] and [USER=96746]@robp[/USER] are absolute rock-stars for UK coinage grading and knowledge. Others like [USER=46237]@Jaelus[/USER] are almost unmatched in their specific collecting areas (e.g., Hungarian coinage). I would say [USER=13450]@Zohar444[/USER] is top notch in Talers. Etc., etc. I would consider myself an "eclectic" collector, but my experience crosses coinage from many countries and time periods. I can hold my own - but if I wade into new waters, I always seek out area-specific advice and information from those who have more focused interests and expertise. It is completely unreasonable to expect any TPGS to have universal and infallible knowledge. They have access to great libraries of reference materials, but "book-learning" can often not replace hands-on learning in very specific areas of numismatics. I largely use TPGS for the "authentication (genuine)" and "conservation (slab protection)" factors. The grades are mostly irrelevant to me when buying a coin, so long as I find the [B]quality [/B]to be up to my expectations and the corresponding [B]price [/B]to be reasonable.[/QUOTE]
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