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Message:: [QUOTE="coloradotokens, post: 782956, member: 17153"]OMG Please dont.  For your sake and ours.  You are just going to waste your money.  Its not about grading fees, its about the guarantee.  Its about the very knowledgable and very experienced people running the big 4 grading services.  And in my personal opinion the only two that carry weight is PCGS then NGC.  The gradings services are the ones that make the maket place and the vast majority of dealers and collectors will only honor the pricing from those companies.  If you want continue your company, but you will just be putting coins in plastic holders with labels that dont mean anything.I very much respect your enthusiasm I think it is a great idea, but PCGS and NGC have spent decades backing thier reputation and tust me when I say you are swimming with sharks.  Two guys started the whole idea of a grading service back in 1972 in Washinton DC.  They called it ANACS and they made Colorado Springs thier headquarters in 1976.  In 1983 Ken Bressett (editor of the red book) was named the Director.  Bressett is one of the most knowledgable Numismatists of all time.  That is why people cant just come off the street and start a grading service.[/QUOTE]