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Message:: [QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 6406050, member: 105098"]If the end of that post is referring to me as "the ONE member" , I don't work for TPGs, Nor have I ever purchased a slabbed coin, or sent anything for grading as of yet, I have nothing against them, it's a business, that's their business model. in fact, I don't sell coins either, I coin roll hunt, and I once sold my surplus silver in 2011 when it peaked, that's it. I have no skin in the game at all. *edit* if I did use a TPG, it would probably be ANACS because it's cheap and kind of no frills. But if it was up to me,,,,,So maybe the mint strikes everything and sends it to a TPG on a bulk grading and slabbing deal, the TPG grades everything and blind boxes them individually, and returns it to the mint for sales to customers. Then the mint sells them AS IS, No returns.They can publish the grades of all pieces also before it goes on sale too!I can't imagine this process would cost any more or take any longer than the mints current proprietary packaging, manufacturing and order fulfillment., and remove the additional step of people sending things to be graded. Then, you buy 100, you get 100, and you can't return any. maybe you get the perfect 70 in there, maybe you don't. Maybe it's a 65 oh well, that's the gamble, flip it on Ebay. One thing is for sure, if the mint does the grading and slabbing in inert sonically sealed holders, people aren't going to believe it and send it to a TPG anyways.[/QUOTE]