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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 997280, member: 9474&quot;]Well, after 6 years of CT, it is good to know that some things never change.... Good to see that Speedy and GD are still here! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course, it took me a few minutes to realize that the thread was 6 years old, but something occurred to me after I read GD&#039;s statement and that is I believe that it is a good progression for any coin collector to send in several coins to be graded by the TPG&#039;s to test their ability of how much they really know about grading.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have been collecting for many years, but I have alway felt really queasy about attaching a grade to any coin.&nbsp; It is very easy when you are alone at home or with some friends at coin club and you pick up a coin and say &quot;oh, thats a 65 easily!&quot; or &quot;that is full bell lines&quot;, but are you really sure?&nbsp; Would the experts agree with you?&nbsp; Over that past few years, I started to send a few coins off here and there, but before I do, I always jot down the grade I think they are.&nbsp; I am like a kid at Christmas time waiting for the coins to come back.&nbsp; I just can&#039;t wait to see if the experts agree with me or not.&nbsp; How good am I at grading?&nbsp; Well, I have to say that I have really surprised myself.&nbsp; I still get nervous to send in coins, but I have gotten so much better at being able to look at a coin and determine a grade.&nbsp; Every now and again I get shocked, like the two Franklins that I sent off with a DDR.&nbsp; I guessed that they would come back MS62-63..maybe a 64 and they both came back MS64 FBL.&nbsp; Didn&#039;t see that one. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obviously you can make arguements about why you should or shouldn&#039;t send coins in, but I truely believe that as a true coin collector it is always good to test how good you really are.&nbsp; Especially for us that don&#039;t live near any big metropoliton area and we don&#039;t have the valuable resources that some of the big cities have.&nbsp; Nothing gets me more frustrated than to see these old timers that have a sour puss on their face and say that slabbing is all crap and that they do their own grading and they have a AU grade attached to a coin that is clearly VG.&nbsp; Maybe those are the collectors that need to send their coins in so they can test themselves on how good they really are!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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