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Coin Chick Pillar of the Community Canada 1354 Posts	Posted 09/14/2012 12:44 pm T_y I don't recall me mentioning that I wasn't trying to learn. Obviously it's not an easy feat if the experts have issues. Report this Post to the Staff
t_y Pillar of the Community Canada 632 Posts	Posted 09/14/2012 12:49 pm nor I assume you were not. Maybe I did not express my thoughts correctly - what I mean is: trust yourself first. Be convinced by your eyes, not by the label. Report this Post to the Staff
Coin Chick Pillar of the Community Canada 1354 Posts	Posted 09/14/2012 1:37 pm t_y I understand what you are saying. And I appreciate you sharing your TPG stories. I hope to be in a position soon where I can feel comfortable grading. It would open way more options for me in purchasing. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 09/14/2012 2:02 pm Coin Chick, give yourself some credit, your toned NFLD small cent purchase is a beauty - and you trusted your own eyes on that coin. You will never regret buying coins that you fall in love with (excluding modern NCLT) - because further down the road, coins with strong eye-appeal will always be "nice coins".... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Edited by SPP-Ottawa 09/14/2012 2:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coin Chick Pillar of the Community Canada 1354 Posts	Posted 09/14/2012 3:02 pm SPP-Ottawa Thanks. That purchase was hard for me. As much as I loved the coin,I didn't want to get duped. The guy selling it seemed to be fair and honest and I had a better vibe about him than a lot of the others at that show. Report this Post to the Staff
Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 09/14/2012 8:50 pm Quote: You will never regret buying coins that you fall in love with I've been trying to summarize my coin collecting philosophy, this crystalizes my feelings perfectly. i have $25 coins that I bought from 25 cent bulk bins that I couldnt care less about, and $5 coins that I've paid over-book for that I wouldn't trade for anything. the value is in the eye of the buyer. like the others said, trust you eyes. to answer the OPs question, I dont think that there is much value in having your coin graded by a TPG. if you are buying or selling an expensive coin you should probably be able to form your own opinion. if you need someone to tell you what you should already know then I have a bridge to sell you. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 09/14/2012 9:42 pm I am sure in US ebay grading might well help ensure a good price... as for UK ebay I would imagine not. I like many English people would just skip any slabbed coin and not even consider making a purchase. This is for multiple reasons... firstly I would expect any graded slabbed coin to be overpriced compared to a raw coin and secondly because I have a collection which does not have storage for slabs. I prefer coins either raw to go in an album or in a 2x2 I don't want the headache of having to start some sort of storage for slabs. Report this Post to the Staff
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