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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 730399, member: 15309&quot;]I never advocated relying on TPG grades as an absolute. However, relying on a the opinion of a professional grader until you have the requisite knowledge and confidence to apply that knowledge is IMO, prudent advice. Collectors (except type collectors) should not use the TPG grades as an excuse to not learn how to grade, instead they should use the experience gained by viewing hundreds/thousands of graded coins to help them learn how to grade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You seem to think that the TPG&#039;s change their standards like they are clothing. Minor shifts in standards occur over very long periods of time and the overall performance, accuracy, and consistency of both NGC &amp; PCGS is much higher than that of the average collector. The pitfall is that collectors don&#039;t recognize their own limitations and routinely overestimate their own knowledge and expertise.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The advice that I am providing is advice that I follow. In your last paragraph, you are saying that I have zero interest in coin collecting, zero knowledge, and zero ambition to learn anything. Do you really think that is true? I think my reputation, knowledge, and passion evidenced by my participation on this forum over the last 2 years proves it to be untrue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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