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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;walterallen, post: 359769, member: 4068&quot;]Are you insinuating that there may be some kind of corruption involved with the grading of coins to influence those with the monetary resources to spend ungodly sums of money to have coins graded by the top TPG&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surely the top TPG companies would not stoop to such tactics. Their sole purpose is to help the less knowledgeable collector to obtain a valid grade for their coins for a humble fee. To suggest that they are providing this invaluable service just to make money is unconscionable. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry to be such a smart --- but I could not help it.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO these companies are not above doing anything that would put more money in their pockets then they already have. Designating a coin with an attribution that it belonged to someone of great stature, influence, wealth, or something like that is just another sales tactic like &quot;first strike&quot;, which we know is a bunch of hooey, but will bring a premium at sale. </p><p><br /></p><p>Would they give a coin a higher grade because someone of wealth and power summited it??? ABSOLUTELY!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice post, thanks Bone. Felt good to get that out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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