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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tbarreca, post: 758750, member: 21275&quot;]<i></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I am way old school, I guess, but I think implicitly trusting anyone but yourself to grade an evaluate a coin is a mistake of huge dimensions.&nbsp; Imo, it&#039;s worth the time and effort to learn what you need to learn to have confidence in your own judgment.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>As I&#039;ve stated on these boards more than once, I have seen huge mistakes from all the TPGs, including the top-tier ones, and I mean mistakes that could alter the value of an item by $1000s.&nbsp; </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>And I&#039;m not talking about grading errors, necessarily.&nbsp; I have seen an 1866-S Seated dime incorrectly attributed as an 1866-P Seated dime by PCGS.&nbsp; Look up the difference in value in any price guide you wish, and you&#039;ll see what I mean.&nbsp; What&#039;s worse, the date position in this case is an absolutely definitive diagnostic.&nbsp; Check out:</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.seateddimevarieties.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.seateddimevarieties.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.seateddimevarieties.com</a></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>to see what I mean.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>So trust them if you wish, but you&#039;ll please forgive me if, as an old-fashioned old timer, I consider that to be a &quot;rookie error.&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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