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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 3159776, member: 42034&quot;]Excellent research!</p><p><br /></p><p>Noting that the most common EF 1797 Draped Lg Cent: the reverse of &#039;95, is $4,000 per pcgs coin values (with an AU-55 being $9,000), why would anyone buy such an expensive coin, unslabbed, on EBay?</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps part of this is the hostility of US coin dealers to talk to collectors or help educate them as to what to look for in counterfeits?&nbsp; While slabs have many advantages one defect is that they prevent other analysis, except photography of the coins being done.&nbsp; Slabbed coins can&#039;t be weighed, or metals composition measured by XRF (non-destructive surface metals analysis).</p><p><br /></p><p>With the proliferation of XRF equipment being offered, I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if this was commonly used by TPA&#039;s for counterfeit detection on all high end submissions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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