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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2488006, member: 76194&quot;]That&#039;s a tall order for ancients which are all unique from one another. Something tells me it will essentially boil down to eye appeal. If this ancient looks really good and we like the grade, we give it a sticker. Nothing more technical than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it&#039;s anything like CAC, expect a $20 AE of Constantine to be $60 with the slab (to cover costs plus shipping, plus premium for being encased in plastic) and an additional $40 with the <b>WINGS® </b>sticker = $20 for fees and shipping, plys $20 for premium because of the sticker...so it&#039;s now a <b>$100 AE of Constantine. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I&#039;m sure Heritage Auctions will love it because they can squeeze an extra $40 profit because of the &quot;added premium pricing&quot; for the sticker and the slabs on what was before a $20 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Soon we shall be seeing pricing books directing us to pay $40 more every time we see the silver sticker, and $80 more every time we see the gold sticker on that Constantine AE, kind of what like CAC is doing now with U.S. coins. The sad thing is most US collectors have been trained so well by the TPG&#039;s, they don&#039;t even question it. They just open their wallets wider and obey! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It&#039;s gotten to the point that many now believe a raw US coin is pure trash, and if it doesn&#039;t have the green CAC sticker it is nearly junk...no matter how good the coin itself looks. Like I said, they&#039;ve been trained very well.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you feel like paying extra for plastic and stickers, go ahead. But know this is needless and the only people who will benefit in the end are the TPG&#039;s, stickering services, and auction houses. Very little will come to the end consumer, except a 100%-400% increase in prices over the next 5 years (if these people get their ways with ancients like they did with U.S. coins).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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