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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2091377, member: 73489&quot;]Yes....and Eddie, I am sure you are one of the sharp ones...but for most of us (myself included) and for 99.9% of the collectors, they are NOT good enough to consistently get it right, without the TPGs things would be alot worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would I buy a Morgan Silver Dollar for $100 if I knew I might be overpaying 2 or 3 grades ?&nbsp; Yeah, I probably would.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would I buy a MSD for $500 if I knew I might be overpaying by 2 or 3 grades ?&nbsp; Maybe.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Would I buy a $20 Saint-Gaudens for $3,500 for an MS-66 not knowing if it might really be an MS-64 worth $1800 ?&nbsp; NFW !!!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you win some, lose some, I guess in the end you come out OK.</p><p><br /></p><p>But for those who would lose ALL or MOST of the time -- the retail public -- the coin hobby would be the biggest loser.</p><p><br /></p><p>We don&#039;t want this hobby and collecting to be the B&amp;M version of those 3 AM coin infomercials selling $50 MSDs for $200 !! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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