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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1017389, member: 112&quot;]Don&#039;t have any problem disagreeing with me now though do ya ? Nor should you. First of all a high post count means nothing, you know that, you always did know that. Even before you came here. Secondly a title means nothing, not when it comes to determining whether or not a person is knowledgeable, nor should it. So anyone who follows the line of thinking that you mention - they are the one with the problem - not me. For they are making inaccurate assumptions. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is your personal choice, it is also your personal opinion. But I can remember when he first joined the NGC forum and started posting there. He did not strike me at the time as one with any experience to speak of, nor was I ever impressed with his knowledge. I&#039;m still not. But I&#039;ll give him credit for posting pics of a lot of pretty coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>People have to be careful about who they give credit to based on postings in coin forums. That&#039;s because it&#039;s all too easy to fool people on forums into thinking you know more than you really do. All too often some forum members will start to call this member or that member or that member an expert. It&#039;s like the use of the word rare - people call coins rare that are no more rare than grass that is green.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that especially includes me. I have been called an expert hundreds of times, not just here, but on the NGC forum and the PCGS forum too. And quite a few forums that don&#039;t even exist anymore. But I am no expert in anything to do with coins ! And I have repeatedly said that. And anyone who thinks &quot;they&quot; are an expert, needs to actually meet somebody who really is. It&#039;s a very humbling experience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And just because a TPG says a coin is MSXX - doesn&#039;t make it so either <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And that is plainly evidenced by all of the coins they have upgraded, downgraded, bodybagged and then graded, or graded and then boddy-bagged, and so on.</p><p><br /></p><p>And lets not forget Paul that only about 4 years ago it was pretty unusual for me to disagree with a TPG. It was also pretty unusual for them to disagree with me. What I mean by that is that I would grade a raw coin and the TPG pretty much always agreed with my grade. Neither of those comments is any longer true. Strange thing is - my grading standards have not changed one bit. You figure out what that means.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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