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<p>[QUOTE="Dynoking, post: 4609659, member: 81795"]The bold type below are edited quotes from calcol. Please forgive my limited tech knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>For those who think pre-TPG days were the good ole days ... nope ... selective memory or good luck. I started with US coins in the early 1980's. Virtually every coin that had been bought from a dealer ... and I bought from many dealers, local and national ... was considered lower grade on selling. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>I started in the early mid 70's. I was in my 'tweens. Fast forward to 2012. To facilitate the eventual sale of my collection I have to have my collection graded by the TPG's. S<i>ome </i>of my many "Gem BU" coins I bought from my trusted dealer have been returned as cleaned. After taking a ANA grading class in 2018 I learned what hairlines are. I can't blame the TPG, but I will have a thing or two to say to the dealer when I catch up with him in the afterlife.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>We can all find reasons to criticize the major TPGs. I do it on occasion ... I could tell you about my late uncle's Morgan dollar that had been in a paper wrapper for 50 years and came back with an AT label ... </b></p><p><br /></p><p>I had the exact result with my 1862 Dime. Stored 40 years in a paper coin envolpe since it purchase in the 70's.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nt-or-at-or-qt.354301/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nt-or-at-or-qt.354301/">nt-or-at-or-qt.354301</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dynoking, post: 4609659, member: 81795"]The bold type below are edited quotes from calcol. Please forgive my limited tech knowledge. [B]For those who think pre-TPG days were the good ole days ... nope ... selective memory or good luck. I started with US coins in the early 1980's. Virtually every coin that had been bought from a dealer ... and I bought from many dealers, local and national ... was considered lower grade on selling. [/B] I started in the early mid 70's. I was in my 'tweens. Fast forward to 2012. To facilitate the eventual sale of my collection I have to have my collection graded by the TPG's. S[I]ome [/I]of my many "Gem BU" coins I bought from my trusted dealer have been returned as cleaned. After taking a ANA grading class in 2018 I learned what hairlines are. I can't blame the TPG, but I will have a thing or two to say to the dealer when I catch up with him in the afterlife. [B]We can all find reasons to criticize the major TPGs. I do it on occasion ... I could tell you about my late uncle's Morgan dollar that had been in a paper wrapper for 50 years and came back with an AT label ... [/B] I had the exact result with my 1862 Dime. Stored 40 years in a paper coin envolpe since it purchase in the 70's. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nt-or-at-or-qt.354301/']nt-or-at-or-qt.354301[/URL][/QUOTE]
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