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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2840831, member: 24314&quot;]Jaelus, posted: &quot;The majority of PCGS world coins are overgraded. I&#039;ve only seen their world service get worse, if anything. I treat PCGS world coins as genuine but raw.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>What you post is generally correct FOR ALL TPGS&#039;s in the U.S.! Decades ago the difference was <b>huge</b>.&nbsp; It has narrowed a great deal since then. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> IMO, I should think that you and all the folks in this country who collect world coins would be aware that these coins are <b><span style="color: #ff0000">STILL</span></b> graded differently in the US from how they are graded overseas?&nbsp; So thanks for pointing that out to the uninformed.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for other opinions posted in this thread, The TPGS&#039;s are not perfect. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />None is the absolute &quot;expert&quot; in any field of expertize INCLUDING VAMS! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That&#039;s because <span style="color: #b300b3">any <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> collector </span>with access to the Internet and a reference book (perhaps one borrowed from the ANA Library) should be able to correctly attribute <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> 95% of the non-ancient U.S. and world coins in a short amount of time (unless it is a 1921 Morgan dollar <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 mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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