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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 2316676, member: 37839&quot;]The market for raw coins simply is far more polluted than it was years ago.&nbsp; There is much better criminal activity out there-- coin doctors are far more skilled then they were in the past.&nbsp; The level of counterfeits has risen to the point that even skilled collectors are regularly fooled by excellent fakes.&nbsp; Of course, buying raw coins, grading them one&#039;s self is still very rewarding.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t see the sense in buying coins of value that are raw-- given the tenuous market, it is very risky.&nbsp; If a collector learns a series, and knows it well, there is no reason not to buy common date coins raw.&nbsp; In fact, it is outright fun.&nbsp; I know it is fashionable today to bash TPGs, and point out their periodic inaccuracies.&nbsp; However, few remember the bad old days, when every coin one bought was Ms, and then, when it came time to sell them, suddenly they morphed into AUs.&nbsp; I would never buy a raw key, or difficult date-- chances are high that there is something wrong with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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