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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Malleus Maleficarum, post: 4645632, member: 113425&quot;]Raw coins VS TPG&#039;s. I have to admit, there&#039;s something I do enjoy about raw coins. I enjoy interacting with the coin. Weighing it, measuring it, using my&nbsp; Neodymium Magnet Test Coin Slide.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But with that said, unless I&#039;m buying lower priced coins I always go for the TPG. It&#039;s vastly safer for one thing. With the higher priced dates I don&#039;t want to buy a problem coin. A TBG slabbed coin is marked if it&#039;s a problem or not. Then you got to examine the coin anyway. See for yourself, if it&#039;s an acceptable coin for your needs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TBG coins are just not point and buy. For example, in my Trade Dollar search there were 2 TD&#039;s, both slabbled, both were UNC details(cleaned). One was being sold for $21,000, the other, slightly over $1000. This was an 1876 CC. $21,000 would be the right price for a MS 63, but this one was an UNC details cleaned coin. Since this dealer is a known seller and has been doing this for years he decided to upgrade the coin from the TBG grade. Personally, I would never pay $21,000 for a details UNC TD.&nbsp; That&#039;s the kind of choice you&#039;re going to have to make when collecting type sets, if ever go that route.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collecting, if you take it seriously, can be very rewarding and enjoyable. But to do it correctly, it&#039;s very complicated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a lot people here who&#039;ve been doing this for years, take advantage of that. These people are willing to share their knowledge, so why not learn from them. There&#039;s a long running thread about identifying fake Trade Dollars on this site. I&#039;ve learned a great deal just from that thread alone. I&#039;ve improved 10 fold since I&#039;ve been here learning about identifying fake TD&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>With all that said, TPG&#039;s can make coin collecting much more enjoyable. There would be nothing more miserable if you ever wanted to sell your precious raw coin collection and you find out most of them are nothing but junk, melt quality coins. With a TPG coin, the chances are you&#039;re going to get a better quality coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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