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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew G., post: 2129539, member: 74170&quot;]I appreciate all the feedback&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are my thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Why on earth are you paying to have it slabbed?</p><p>There are many reason to slab your coins.&nbsp; To turn your hobby into an investment and collection,&nbsp; while maintaining them in their current, if not original state.&nbsp;&nbsp; Like any investment they should be insured.&nbsp; Graded coins have a market value, while raw coins have an intrinsic value.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Did the the mint put these horizontal lines on the coins purposely?&nbsp;&nbsp; (Yes)&nbsp; &nbsp; My theory is they purchases in 2011 during the recession 300,000 plastic holders and manufacturing process.&nbsp;&nbsp; They issued the first set in 2012&nbsp; (Limited 50,000) and these sets had good share of returns.&nbsp;&nbsp; The same can be said for 2013 (Limited 50,000).&nbsp; In 2014 the mint had 200,000 of these holder remaining and they discuss if they should discontinue using these holders.&nbsp;&nbsp; After a long delay, they side with Profits over People.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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