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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AuldFartte, post: 7491711, member: 1869&quot;]I&#039;m on the fence where this experiment is concerned. First, I think testing the TPGs is potentially good for the hobby as those who make submissions to TPGs really would hope that all of their coins submitted are in fact genuine. The service TPGs provide usually come with a guarantee (except in the case of one TPG I know of that doesn&#039;t guarantee that ancient coins are genuine) and collectors rely on their expertise rather heavily. The same goes for purchasers of slabbed coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>But, second, I feel that the potential embarrassment factor for TPGs along with the public&#039;s potential negative perception of those TPGs for certifying a counterfeit as genuine could damage their reputation, and thus, their bottom line. People who do submit coins to the TPGs might be hesitant to do so in the future. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think if you conduct this experiment, the results should be published, but the TPGs in question should not be publicly identified. And BEFORE you publish the anonymous results, notify the head of each TPG that this experiment has been conducted, give them your reasons for doing so, and make it very clear that their TPG will NOT be identified publicly. They need to know that you had absolutely no malicious intent by conducting the experiment, and it was just for the improvement of the hobby in general, or something like that. I believe this approach will avoid any potential embarrassment, humiliation, anger, or legal action being taken by the TPGs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even submitting one counterfeit to four different TPGs would be an expensive proposition. A larger size submission would be extremely expensive, but that&#039;s entirely up to you. That&#039;s just my humble opinion, Mr. Young. I hope it is helpful to you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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