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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 3973240, member: 4626&quot;]I know many people will disagree, but I honestly think the hobby was better off before people used the TPG&#039;s as a crutch to figure out how good a coin was instead of learning to judge that properly themselves.&nbsp; It&#039;s a lot harder to be successfully lied to if you learn to recognize the truth on your own.&nbsp; I&#039;m certainly not calling myself an expert on grading, but I&#039;d never take anyone else&#039;s word on how good a coin is.&nbsp; Not even the TPG&#039;s.&nbsp; Especially since even they can be mistaken, inconsistent on their own opinions, or grade based on marketability instead of technical merit, or in the case of the OP&#039;s slab, be flat out faked.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know it&#039;s a battle I&#039;m never going to win though.&nbsp; I&#039;ve learned to live with that.&nbsp; But I&#039;ve never been one to form my opinions based on how many people agree with me.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Buy the coin, not the slab&quot; is perfectly reasonable advice though.&nbsp; So is &quot;coveat emptor&quot; (may the buyer beware).&nbsp; I&#039;ll risk sounding like an elitist for saying so.&nbsp; But I honestly don&#039;t think there&#039;s anything wrong with suggesting that people should educate themselves on what they spend their money on before making a purchase.&nbsp; To me that&#039;s just common sense, not elitism.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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