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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 26344642, member: 27832"]Yeah, but the coin could be a 1966 Lincoln cent in MS61, and <i>the slab</i> would probably still get the same bids.</p><p><br /></p><p>As others have said, this is strictly bidding on the slab. Neither of us are slab collectors, so to us, it's nuts. But if there are <i>two or more <b>slab collectors</b></i> willing to drop six figures on an "oldest known" slab, that's where this price comes from, and that's where there's potential for a speculator to get an even higher price in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 26344642, member: 27832"]Yeah, but the coin could be a 1966 Lincoln cent in MS61, and [I]the slab[/I] would probably still get the same bids. As others have said, this is strictly bidding on the slab. Neither of us are slab collectors, so to us, it's nuts. But if there are [I]two or more [B]slab collectors[/B][/I] willing to drop six figures on an "oldest known" slab, that's where this price comes from, and that's where there's potential for a speculator to get an even higher price in the future.[/QUOTE]
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