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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;harrync, post: 2848851, member: 58588&quot;]And of course, some people are just buying the slab.&nbsp; An example from currency: back in 1990, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing reprinted the face of the 1874 $50 Legal Tender Note on a souvenir card. [The BEP still had the master die, and made a new working die, so the intaglio reprint is almost identical to the issued note, just uniface on card stock.] They are fairly common [they sold almost 8500 of them], and one is currently offered on eBay &quot;Buy it Now&quot; for $9.95, including postage. Some people have cut out the currency reprint from the card, and had them slabbed - PCGS will even grade them. One just sold on eBay for $99.95. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1874-50-Legal-Tender-Note-BEP-Intaglio-Impression-PCGS-GEM-68-PPQ-Franklin-/362008558778?hash=item5449643cba:g:d6sAAOSwN2VZQXnC" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1874-50-Legal-Tender-Note-BEP-Intaglio-Impression-PCGS-GEM-68-PPQ-Franklin-/362008558778?hash=item5449643cba:g:d6sAAOSwN2VZQXnC" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1874-50-Legal-Tender-Note-BEP-Intaglio-Impression-PCGS-GEM-68-PPQ-Franklin-/362008558778?hash=item5449643cba:g:d6sAAOSwN2VZQXnC</a>&nbsp; The cards don&#039;t circulate, so unless you folded it in half or spilled your coffee on it, every cut-out should grade in the high 60&#039;s. It sure looks to me that someone just paid $90 for the slab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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