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<p>[QUOTE="WashQuartJesse, post: 3525866, member: 18323"]Given the choice, and all things equal, I would choose a non-“handled” example w/ an extra bag mark or two, any day of the week, regardless of the TPG grade. For me, any post-mint “handling” is a major turn-off. Why? I don’t know, and am admittedly, not as advanced a collector as many of you, here. My opinion could change over time, but I feel I’m pretty cemented at this point. I represent the opinion of an <i>active</i> buyer with hopefully, a long journey ahead. My anti-cabinet friction sentiment could be a result of what many of you would consider to be, some old archaic logic, but it’s a logic/standpoint I’ve embraced, and possibly one of the few (old fashioned, maybe) <i>objective</i> grading standards that seems to have resonated with many others, here. In today’s marketplace, with an increasingly subjective TPG grading standard (I would say), this is one of the few remaining standards, or battle lines, that allows me to maybe sleep better at night, and one I would and will defend.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those of you that do not know my collecting history, I pieced together a humble Proof and Business Strike Washington Quarter set, coin by coin, which took me over a decade. Although I’d accept an aesthetically speaking, “dog” of a coin, once or twice in this 212 coin “set,” I would never willingly accept one that was full of luster, with a great strike, and relatively free of bag marks, that had obvious “cabinet friction.” Heck No.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven’t read all of the preceding posts closely enough to determine whether or not my standpoint “sides” with one argument or another, nor am I trying to choose one, but I will say this to non-advanced collectors…</p><p><br /></p><p>As everyday collectors, we often have many examples available. We should be patient, have determined our own standards prior to any purchase, and move forward accordingly. My interests have expanded and I buy stuff today I’d have never entertained for my WQ set, given choices/options. Nowadays, I buy these plastic entombed coins, many full of this cabinet wear, but they have that straight grade... With the WQ’s, I was cracking out 30’sgem proofs w/ the bean. No “friction” on those though… Be selective wherever possible. Learn how to identify and avoid this this friction, given the choice, and don’t let that slab grade determine your own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WashQuartJesse, post: 3525866, member: 18323"]Given the choice, and all things equal, I would choose a non-“handled” example w/ an extra bag mark or two, any day of the week, regardless of the TPG grade. For me, any post-mint “handling” is a major turn-off. Why? I don’t know, and am admittedly, not as advanced a collector as many of you, here. My opinion could change over time, but I feel I’m pretty cemented at this point. I represent the opinion of an [I]active[/I] buyer with hopefully, a long journey ahead. My anti-cabinet friction sentiment could be a result of what many of you would consider to be, some old archaic logic, but it’s a logic/standpoint I’ve embraced, and possibly one of the few (old fashioned, maybe) [I]objective[/I] grading standards that seems to have resonated with many others, here. In today’s marketplace, with an increasingly subjective TPG grading standard (I would say), this is one of the few remaining standards, or battle lines, that allows me to maybe sleep better at night, and one I would and will defend. For those of you that do not know my collecting history, I pieced together a humble Proof and Business Strike Washington Quarter set, coin by coin, which took me over a decade. Although I’d accept an aesthetically speaking, “dog” of a coin, once or twice in this 212 coin “set,” I would never willingly accept one that was full of luster, with a great strike, and relatively free of bag marks, that had obvious “cabinet friction.” Heck No. I haven’t read all of the preceding posts closely enough to determine whether or not my standpoint “sides” with one argument or another, nor am I trying to choose one, but I will say this to non-advanced collectors… As everyday collectors, we often have many examples available. We should be patient, have determined our own standards prior to any purchase, and move forward accordingly. My interests have expanded and I buy stuff today I’d have never entertained for my WQ set, given choices/options. Nowadays, I buy these plastic entombed coins, many full of this cabinet wear, but they have that straight grade... With the WQ’s, I was cracking out 30’sgem proofs w/ the bean. No “friction” on those though… Be selective wherever possible. Learn how to identify and avoid this this friction, given the choice, and don’t let that slab grade determine your own.[/QUOTE]
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