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Message:: [QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 4499091, member: 5233"]I totally agree. All I am saying is, I think the seemingly universal agreement that a rare coin must be fake or have an issue because its not slabbed is just silly.  That's all.  Now, slabs do provide a lot of security when buying coins online and that's great.  But, they are not the end all. Personally, I roll my eyes when someone says "a slab adds no value" because I disagree with that.  Slabs have a place...they provide the unbiased opinion of an industry recognized expert into the quality and authenticity of the coin.  That does have value...in several ways.  But, on the flip side, the lack of that unbiased expert opinion does not on its own say the coin is bad.  I feel like there are a lot of people here that don't agree with that.  I also roll my eyes when I see on Pawn Stars a coin come in and Rick tells the owner "I have to get it slabbed to be able to sell it."  That's just BS. Again, with this coin...there are a lot of issues.  It's clearly been harshly cleaned.  I'll be honest, I have not studied the specific markers on the 1893-S to be able to say for certain if this coin is authentic or not.  But, I am certain I could learn them and study the coin and make that determination on my own without PCGS if I needed to.[/QUOTE]