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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1224276, member: 26302&quot;]Lance, I know I am a hard case. I liked the hobby 30 years ago personally. </p><p><br /></p><p>If there were &quot;guarantees&quot; that could be relied on that would make a difference. What guarantee is there? Against forgery is all really. The grade is their own grading system, so they can have it say whatever they like. They do not guarantee it matches ANA standards at all. AT is hit or miss, and since its almost impossible to prove is completely subjective. Only provable doctored coins, or genuineness do I see as concrete guarantees that TPG can be relied on for. Anything else is very dependent on the TPG&#039;s mood.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do see how a guarantee against forgery is valuable, and if not a guarantee at least an estimate of the grade is helpful for beginners. But is it really beginners this service is catered to? I see most slabs being owned by experienced collectors, and most coins being sent in by dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will give you your points completely, and if the TPG would have done as they said from the beginning I would not dislike it so much. With the promotion of &quot;first strikes&quot;, (s) mints, modern MS 70&#039;s, and the like I feel they have shown themselves for what they are, simply another group of businessmen trying to find another &quot;angle&quot; on coin colelcting and made some money at our expense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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