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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 531616, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Only a TPG company would use &quot;W&quot; to stand for some</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Only a TPG company would use &quot;W&quot; to stand for something that was only supposed to be for silver - &quot;A White Clad coin????? - good gosh you&#039;all they are never white they are grey, they are metallic, there shiny, their are kind of stupid looking but they are never white - come on somebody tell me that &quot;W&quot; did not stand for &quot;White&quot; please tell me it ain&#039;t so or was never so or something I beg you???</p><p>Third Party Grading Companies are a scourge on our hobby - they will in the end be as least thought of as one of the most cleaver ways ever to separate you from your money - they will fail sooner of later, they will fail and we will all look back and say &quot;we were had&quot; - well, it ain&#039;t gonna be me.</p><p>I just wonder every time I get on the subject (which is everyday around here) , why have we let them have so much power?&nbsp; The only thing I can ever come up with is &quot;people follow the path of least resistance&quot;&nbsp; If we had held them to authentication only with a suggested grade according to current market conditions we would have at least kept them in check but no we see ABCD and we think it must of come from the Gods or something.</p><p>Now if you think my dislike for the TPG companies is something personal or vindictive it is not.&nbsp; I just think that coin collectors should be the judge and learn to grade and to have, if nessary the ability to express an opinion.&nbsp; I firmly believe that we as collectors and dealers should view a ABCD graded coin the same way as a raw coin when they both are pushed across the table,&nbsp; If we don&#039;t then we have been had, hook, line and sinker.</p><p>To those that get the most upset with me because of my low opinion of TPG company&#039;s ask yourself, if you believe that the TPG company&#039;s are so great you should not have to defend your love of them or your support of the same.&nbsp; You should be fairly content to let me have my opinion and you have yours without challenging me to my ability to grade, or that I have some hidden agenda - I do not - I just don&#039;t like to believe everything I read especially when it&#039;s 2 cent label on a 10 cent piece of plastic.</p><p>If it means something to you fine, it don&#039;t to me and I want to be able to speak for many others (on here) who are reluctant to express an otherwise unpopular opinion - at least you will always get the &quot;real deal&quot; from me.&nbsp; You do not ever have to wonder about where I stand on an issue - I will always let you know.&nbsp; I always say &quot;I&#039;d pull the tail on the devil himself if I felt like it, and I would to&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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