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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 921288, member: 19122&quot;]There is a saying that I have heard many times around here, &quot;buy the coin, not the slab&quot;, I took it to mean that it is possible that a tpg could make a misstake, so do not buy based on what the slab says, but look at the coin and make your decision based on the coin itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is another saying and that is that you cannot properly judge coins by a photo, since photos can be artfully manipulated to hide defects, or as I suspect regarding the 1923-st gaudens that the photos show and highlight the defects, which probably do not show up quite so much with the actual coin in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>The numismedia Fair market value lists the coin as being 2300, I have found them to be a little high maybe 10 percent, I have also heard that there is a dealer market for unseen slabbed coins but I do not have access to that list, perhaps a dealer who reads this could let you know what that listed value would be?</p><p><br /></p><p>If it were mine and I was thinking of selling, I would want to first talk to a dealer that is a member of the ANA, I think there is a list on their website of affilliated dealers, and I would bring it to him so he could look at it in person and give you a better idea of wether the coin should be left as is, in the present slab, or if it should be resubmitted on the chance that the coin was overgraded, whereby you would receive a coin that is more true to the grade, and also one that would be a better sell.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the best. BTW Mack is a very famous name in these parts, one of the earliest settlers was a Stephen Mack, any of your family hail from northern Illinois?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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