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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3181786, member: 24314&quot;]1916D10C, posted:&nbsp; &quot;Gag.... here we go again with the “I’m-better/know-more-than-you-because-I’m-older.” BS. Yeah, OK! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That snide attitude and remark gets so old in the numismatic hobby. The internet sure makes people talk big behind a screen. I don’t wish to argue with you either. Good day to you, sir.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Ah, the folly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> of youth.&nbsp; Actually Insider Jr. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, many here have be dealing/collecting/studying coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> before you were born.&nbsp; ldhair is one of them.&nbsp; While age is not the best measurement of knowledge, with both folks deeply involved in a subject (in this case both of you), it is usually the old guy who knows more.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>atcarroll, posted:&nbsp; &quot;Then why not just straight grade everything? What would be the point of a details grade then?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Please, we have one silly member in this thread already. Read the thread. <span style="color: #b30000"><b> Every poster agrees </b><span style="color: #000000">that this coin should not be straight graded!!&nbsp; What I&#039;m wondering is WHY IT HAPPENED.&nbsp; TPGS help/claim to help protect us from coins that are less desirable than others.&nbsp; This was a fail, <b>UNLESS</b> (IMO) the TPGS decided that no <i><span style="color: #b300b3">idiot <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> collector</span></i><b><span style="color: #b30000">***</span></b> would miss the scratches.&nbsp;&nbsp; Can you think of another reason?</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><b>*** </b><span style="color: #000000">Anyone who worked at a TPGS for a few days would understand this reference.</span></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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