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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1847402, member: 112"]If your dealer is telling you not to bother sending particular coins in then you should probably listen to him. Assuming of course that you have reason to trust your dealer. If you don't, you shouldn't be dealing with him anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>To kind of put my comments above into perspective - over the years I have helped many people assemble collections, I still do. I have spent countless hours exchanging emails, talking on the phone, and in person, discussing coins and trying to help people learn why a given coin is or is not a good candidate for their collection. But do you know how many coins I approve ? If they are lucky I might approve 5 or less out of every 100 they ask to me to look at. The more the person I am helping learns, the more that number grows.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for sending coins to ANACS or ICG - forget it. Just forget it. You don't send coins to a TPG because you think they will be the one to give you the grades you want. That is the absolute worst thing you could ever do ! You send coins to a TPG because you think they will be tough enough, strict enough, to grade your coins accurately and correctly - and only when you can't do it yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1847402, member: 112"]If your dealer is telling you not to bother sending particular coins in then you should probably listen to him. Assuming of course that you have reason to trust your dealer. If you don't, you shouldn't be dealing with him anyway. To kind of put my comments above into perspective - over the years I have helped many people assemble collections, I still do. I have spent countless hours exchanging emails, talking on the phone, and in person, discussing coins and trying to help people learn why a given coin is or is not a good candidate for their collection. But do you know how many coins I approve ? If they are lucky I might approve 5 or less out of every 100 they ask to me to look at. The more the person I am helping learns, the more that number grows. As for sending coins to ANACS or ICG - forget it. Just forget it. You don't send coins to a TPG because you think they will be the one to give you the grades you want. That is the absolute worst thing you could ever do ! You send coins to a TPG because you think they will be tough enough, strict enough, to grade your coins accurately and correctly - and only when you can't do it yourself.[/QUOTE]
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