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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 858169, member: 112&quot;]The TPGs exist, and make money, for one primary reason - because there are far, far more collectors out there who cannot grade than there are those who can grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you can toss authenticate in there as well. But then are even fewer who can authenticate than there are those who can grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as far as consistency goes, the consistency of of the TPGs (even though I personally think the consistency of PCGS is deplorable) is several orders of magnitude above and beyond that of the vast majority of collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, these collectors know this and freely admit it in most cases. So they are more than willing to pay somebody else, who is far better at it than they are, to do it for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - As for being to grade a coin the same twice in a row - well, it would help immensely if they would do away with the value aspect of grading that they now employ. For as long as prices change, the grades will change along with them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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