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<p>[QUOTE="Daggarjon, post: 210542, member: 4230"]I love the idea behind TPG's. I have never sent one in to be slabbed, but have bought quite a few allready slabbed. I will buy the coin, and not the slab - but as National dealer mentioned in his original post, i use the TPG's almost like a crutch. I can look at 2 coins side by side, and almost guarentee that i will not be able to tell the diffference and why one is ms63 or ms64/5 (or any other grade). large spreads in grades are easier, but 1 or 2 points is not easy if not impossible for me. If i speant a considerable amount of time studying the coins and grades, i might be better able to tell the difference. But for me, coin collecting is about the coin, the history - not so nuch about the technical aspect of it being a 64 or 65. depending on the coin (and price) if its not slabbed, i will usually try and use a generic guide - VF has a hair that shows, EF has 3 our of 5 letters that show ... that type of guide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Daggarjon, post: 210542, member: 4230"]I love the idea behind TPG's. I have never sent one in to be slabbed, but have bought quite a few allready slabbed. I will buy the coin, and not the slab - but as National dealer mentioned in his original post, i use the TPG's almost like a crutch. I can look at 2 coins side by side, and almost guarentee that i will not be able to tell the diffference and why one is ms63 or ms64/5 (or any other grade). large spreads in grades are easier, but 1 or 2 points is not easy if not impossible for me. If i speant a considerable amount of time studying the coins and grades, i might be better able to tell the difference. But for me, coin collecting is about the coin, the history - not so nuch about the technical aspect of it being a 64 or 65. depending on the coin (and price) if its not slabbed, i will usually try and use a generic guide - VF has a hair that shows, EF has 3 our of 5 letters that show ... that type of guide.[/QUOTE]
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