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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 457422, member: 5629&quot;]Well said!</p><p><br /></p><p>The TPGs serve an absolute purpose, but it is not for collectors.&nbsp; This opinion is most definitely in the absolute minority, and many seasoned and veteran numismatists will claim that TPGs &quot;help&quot; the &quot;newbies&quot;, but I find that to be absolutely untrue.</p><p><br /></p><p>A collector collects.&nbsp; An investor invests.&nbsp; A speculator speculates.</p><p><br /></p><p>What a collector collects is what appeals to the collector.&nbsp; What an investor invests in is what will return or, at the least, hold its value against inflation.&nbsp; What a speculator speculates toward is a pure short term turn around for profit.&nbsp; TPGs are only good for the latter two instances.</p><p><br /></p><p>A TPG will never be able to tell a collector what the collector likes.&nbsp; The arguments of marketibility, value, ease of turn-around, and posterity are all arguments of the investor, not the collector.&nbsp; Collecting is for the here and now, and all about what one likes.&nbsp; TPGs have no place in collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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