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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1020352, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Buy the Holder, not the Coin</b></p><p><br /></p><p>We say, &quot;Buy the coin, not the holder,&quot; to warn people against taking PCGS or NGC&#039;s word for the grade and condition.&nbsp; Reliable though they are, generally, you need to grade the coin for yourself, and accept responsibility for that.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, here, we have a different situation.&nbsp; Totally focused on the trees, you miss the forest:&nbsp; seeing only the over-cleaned common coins, you miss the value of the real collectible: the marketed commercial coin board set.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>See here:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is the true &quot;literary guild&quot; of our hobby, and these book lovers recognize coin boards as important aspects of numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Right now, some idiot is tearing the War Nickels out of a board just like that to sell them as scrap silver.&nbsp; It only makes this board that much more valuable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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