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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 515372, member: 15309&quot;]I can make that same statement about most human beings!</p><p>There is an old saying in poker &quot;if after 30 minutes at the table you can&#039;t figure out who the sucker is, it&#039;s you.&quot;&nbsp; Now imagine a table full NGC and PCGS graders and one CT collector.&nbsp; If you had a coin that needed to be graded and could choose anyone at the table, who would you choose?</p><p>Yeah, authentication isn&#039;t worth a damn.&nbsp; Search the word counterfeit in this forum and you won&#039;t find one thread on the subject.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Not sure I even understand this one unless you are saying that people blindly accept the opinion of the TPG.&nbsp; Better that than an unscrupulous dealer I say!</p><p>I agree and they are harder to photograph!</p><p>Better the slab than the coin.</p><p>IMO it makes it feel more rare, so rare that someone had to protect and label its contents.</p><p>The reason so many people think coins are graded incorrectly is because they are using a different standard of grading than the TPG that graded the coin.&nbsp; I will say that I wish the TPG&#039;s would divulge how they arrived at their assigned grade with regards to the elements of grading.</p><p>If stored properly, newer slabs are very corrosion resistant.</p><p>I don&#039;t collect modern stuff so I don&#039;t care!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the contrary, I wish more members would post baiting material like this more often.&nbsp; Gives me something to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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