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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tekhen, post: 741217, member: 16202&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Another difference is modern vs. pre &#039;33/&#039;64 or anything that was minted 100+ years ago. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Moderns in theory do not compare to older circulated coins that have PM content. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">IMO the TPG indices are geared toward their services more so than the coins themselves (when it comes to modern issues) and are trying to set the price instead of the market.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Modern coins are all uncirculated and generally grade 69/70. The manufacturing process all but assures an almost perfect strike. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">If one wants to purchase only pre &#039;33 as an investment and do not have years of knowledge regarding the coin(s) then I would suggest purchasing only slabbed coins from the top 2 TPGs.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">If purchasing modern bullion/collectable buy raw unless you can find slabbed for the same or similar price.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Buy the coin not the slab.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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