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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randy Abercrombie, post: 4157070, member: 92655&quot;]There is a very good thread going on in the US Coins section that concerns the proliferation of bogus TPG slabs. It brings to mind a question that troubles me. More a question of ethics, really.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a rabid hobbyist and not nearly as numismatically educated as most here. Being older with a little more disposable income, I tend to purchase better coins. The TPG verification tools are extremely helpful to me particularly if I am buying from an unfamiliar source. It is the face to face transactions that trouble me a bit. When I am walking the floor of a show and am interested in a dealers coin. Six other folks are awaiting that dealers attention at the same time. Is it in poor taste to pull up the TPG verification tool? I am reasonably seasoned enough to detect a problem, but the counterfeiters are getting better. And thing is, I don’t know the man whose coin I am interested in at a show or at an unfamiliar shop.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it unheard of to do TPG verifications when dealing face to face with someone you don’t know?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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