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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 1456245, member: 3726&quot;]As already mentioned these are not $1000 coins.&nbsp; Plus the albums take up a lot less room than slabs.&nbsp; You get to see the coins side by side with all of the varieties. It is much nicer than all those slabs.&nbsp; Besides my large cent album has more than a 1k coin in it - bought raw.&nbsp; I actually like my albums more than the slabbed coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is actually a class of collectors who prefer their coins raw - will buy holders and crack them first thing.&nbsp; I believe part of the Holmes collection was graded, cracked and the re-graded before being sold.&nbsp; Also if you checked Heritage - you would see some chain cents getting ready to be auction that state - not yet graded.&nbsp; I would not be surprised if several were bought and cracked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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