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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fjblair, post: 66695, member: 3117&quot;]&lt;&lt;As for NGC and PCGS...yes they give good grades but they do mess-up too...just like everyone of us....nobody is perfect.&gt;&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>That pretty much sums up why a novice like me would rather avoid the mighty slab altogether. We&#039;re not perfect but we&#039;re not splitting hairs over MS65 or MS66 or whatever, either. </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems that if the standard is such that we dare not drag a cloth across a coin lest we degrade our coin(investment) in a quantifiable(and shameful) manner, then I don&#039;t think it is too much to expect the &quot;Grading Authorities&quot; to be above reproach. To be even more dramatic, if we can&#039;t be expected to touch or breathe on an unc without fear of degrading the coin, why can&#039;t we expect the &quot;Grading Authorities&quot; to be perfect?</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure I&#039;m missing something and my comments simplistic, but I am a newbie.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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