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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coppermania, post: 854298, member: 18304&quot;]With raw coins, ignorance is bliss. I mean that if I open a book of raw coins I could imagine a coin to be whatever grade I wanted it to be. I could say to myself &quot;that coin is a 65 all day&quot; and close the book and go about my business. But if I graded the coins I would be dissapointed to see that same coin in a 63 holder. When I send a group of coins to be certified I write down what I think they will grade and I am never 100% right. Sometimes the ones I thought were great come back low and there is usually a silver lining and I get one to be a point highter than I thought. I collect certified coins mainly because I don&#039;t want to lie to myself about the technical grade. Its about asking yourself if you have the stones to find out how well you did collecting your sets or not. I suppose the owner of any coin can decide for himself if a purchase was worth it or not but the grading services help us all sing off the same sheet of music. Matt[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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