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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 327650, member: 307&quot;]IMHO this is a natural progression that is going to eventually take TPGs out of the rare coin business. </p><p><br /></p><p>We already have had companies that will &quot;certify&quot; the certification companies, thereby lending question as to the quality of their work. Now we have them certifying (for lack of a better term) pedigrees of coins, as well as not grading (their original function) and not authenticating. </p><p><br /></p><p>As the services offered become more and more away from what the TPGs do (grade and authenticate coins), their useful life will become less and less. I have seen more and more slabs that merely read Brilliant Uncirculated. This is not a skill that one needs a TPG for, and so their utility in the public eye becomes lessened.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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