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Message:: [QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 8188297, member: 100459"]The only experience that I had with a TPG.  This happened about 10 years ago, so bear with me.  I inherited my fathers coin collection and caught the bug for collecting coins.  My first purchases was a local one man coin store/office.  He had a couple of RAW Liberty Head gold coins...a eagle and a double eagle. I had read a magazine before I bought them, that said it was best to have coins graded.  The dealer was getting ready to go to a show and said he could get them graded faster at the show and he would not charge me.  On the Bill of Sale, it was stated "in his opinion" they would be graded MS 61.  The Eagle was graded MS61, the double eagle came back as a "Detailed" coin.  He told me he would buy them back, but I decided that I should keep it as a lesson learned.  After that experience, I will buy a graded coin, but I do not buy RAW coins.  I also buy coins or whatever from the Mint.  Most of the time, I get what I want.  I got burned on the 2021 Morgans and Peace.  I did get the Morgan D and S, but no Peace.  I did pay an online dealer for the Peace.  It is RAW, but it looks nice.However, I bet most of you have bought RAW coins from time to time as well as buying from the Mint.My dos centavos. Que le Vaya con Dios.[/QUOTE]