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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 4621053, member: 22331&quot;]I believe you&#039;re describing a time period where it&#039;s believed honesty/integrity/verbal-standards were generally observed in &quot;trading&quot;. Today there are copies? (i.e. questionable authenticity) that I&#039;ve proven when sent to prominent TPG, their authenticity can&#039;t be established by &quot;experts&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the majority here would prefer to buy/sell coins based on logical published parameters/standards which seemingly no longer exist, so we must utilize TPG to retain a semblance of purchased value, above variable bullion/face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you view the transcripts of a controversial trial,&nbsp; reportedly a TPG representative &quot;expert&quot; convinced the judge of her capability as a grader by recognizing a &quot;scratch&quot; on a valuable coin, diminishing its market value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the TPG representative may have been correct, when viewing coins graded by the TPG, often seen with gross scratches, while assigning a &quot;details&quot; definition on others without known criteria for &quot;details&quot; assignment.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hoped/believed that eventually processes will be implemented to again allow the conditions desired for buying a &quot;raw&quot; commodity.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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