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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1042474, member: 19065&quot;]It doesn&#039;t matter what the dealers tell you about a coins grade, grading is subjective. All that matters is that <i>you know</i> how to grade the coin for yourself. Don&#039;t rely on what anyone else tells you, be that a fellow forum member, a dealer, or a TPG. Cracking a TPG slabbed coin out of its holder and playing games testing your local dealers isn&#039;t going to prove anything about them, their abilities nor teach you how to grade since you don&#039;t seem to able to do this without relying upon whats written on the slab label by a TPG. Everyone has their own subjective assessment in grading. Yes, a consensus can be agreed upon about coins grades, but if you don&#039;t know how to grade yourself and refuse to do so, you might as well continue on blindly accepting the advice of others. It&#039;s fine if you want to do that, taking others&#039; word for something, but you are not going to make everyone else&#039;s assessments agree, and you will never understand the differences in their assessments since you can&#039;t grade to begin with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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