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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1224679, member: 30400&quot;]I&#039;m with you, Medoraman. I really dislike this tendency of the TPG&#039;s to cite first strikes (they&#039;re meaningless with moderns), S mintmarks when who really knows or cares, etc. I&#039;m afraid that&#039;s all marketing and propping up the stock price.</p><p><br /></p><p>But honestly, the TPG guarantees are real. In the last few years I have gotten payouts from PCGS more than several times. Not for counterfeits. For questionable color, for over-grades, for altered surfaces. I don&#039;t mean to buy bad coins and win through guarantees. Sometimes the coin spoils and you didn&#039;t see it coming.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I invoke the guarantee. I&#039;ve lost at NGC every time. Grr. I&#039;ve only lost at PCGS twice, over debates about grade. The payout hasn&#039;t always been perfectly happy but it&#039;s been there. And I think that&#039;s pretty cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a 1931-S Lincoln, MS66RD that looked great several years ago. Before the spot on the lower obverse developed. When I bought it at a Heritage auction it looked fine. Part of the Ron Bozarth collection. PCGS agreed it had been doctored, paid me a fair price, kept it for themselves, and re-housed it in a genuine holder, &quot;questionable color&quot;. Good for them!</p><p>Lance.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/Lincolns/d2069314.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/Lincolns/db46f4b8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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