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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 5127726, member: 105571&quot;]I voted &quot;no&quot; which is the idealist in me speaking.&nbsp; I agree with Jason that we should maintain a sharp distinction between the circulated and uncirculated grades.&nbsp; Carry on the fight against the mendacious mandarins of mercantilism!</p><p><br /></p><p>The practical/realist side says this ship has sailed.&nbsp; Market grading simply has too much wealth/power/influence behind it.&nbsp; So collectors must simply gird their loins and buy the coins they like while developing as much skill and knowledge as possible so that they know what they are doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, it galls to pay a MS price for an AU coin or an AU price for a XF coin - like we are forced to do with key and semi-key dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>And to [USER=77639]@calcol[/USER] &#039;s point, I have never bought a coin sight-unseen and never will.&nbsp; The original TPG promise of creating a &quot;sight-unseen&quot; market never materialized (I don&#039;t think) because, IMHO, market grading killed it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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