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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4000580, member: 73489&quot;]For a coin here or there, I guess if I had conviction (and experts like you confirmed it) it might be worthwhile.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was referring to the folks who crack out virtually ALL their coins, Messy.&nbsp; For them, the hobby is just about buying something misgraded, getting it correctly graded, and then selling it for a profit.&nbsp; Or just getting a higher grade, regardless of whether it&#039;s deserved or not (<b><i>see below</i></b>).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t condemn it, I just don&#039;t think that&#039;s what I want to do with my valuable hobby time.&nbsp; I want to enjoy the hobby and the coins and learn from people like you and others here at CT.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then of course you have that ridiculous situation that I read about (and posted here) with the Franklin Half-Dollars and the FBL...where the coin got upgraded 1 1/2 numbers and went without FBL to with FBL.&nbsp; $500 coin goes to like $12,000 or something like that.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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