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Posted 02/17/2013 09:12 am
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..........he rejected the job offer. His impression was that they were interested only in fast turn around times and competence with grading US coins focusing on the MS grades. He felt that it was underpaid and high pressure. He did not like the prospects.
Its concerning that all they want to do is focus on MS grades IMHO the grade is only one factor, more important than anything else is the story behind the coin.
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..........he rejected the job offer. His impression was that they were interested only in fast turn around times and competence with grading US coins focusing on the MS grades. He felt that it was underpaid and high pressure. He did not like the prospects.
Its concerning that all they want to do is focus on MS grades IMHO the grade is only one factor, more important than anything else is the story behind the coin.
Spoken like a fellow collector ... however, the TPG business is really about supporting investors/speculators. No one can really tell the difference between MS65 and MS66, but if a TPG gives it a 66 it is immediately be 'worth' a boatload more money. They are only interested in the MS grades because that's where probably 75% of their business is.
And get between 66 and 67 then 69 and 70...the best I can do when grading most anything higher than a 64 is say mid-MS or high-MS; even at low-MS do I rarely assign a grade.
