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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2446321, member: 39084&quot;]I&#039;ve considered this argument before (but would like to hear it expounded directly by either Vagi or Murphy) and, as Volodya states, I too have no real rebuttal nor in fact would I try to argue against it, since I can fully understand the value of an expert&#039;s assurance to a novice collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Logically, then, I would see the market for ancient coins segmenting into at least two partitions -- beginners who buy slabs of low-to-medium priced coins, and knowledgeable collectors who buy mainly &quot;raw&quot; coins but might buy slabbed coins and crack them out, since they have the expertise to evaluate ancients on their own.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m skeptical about this.&nbsp; If you&#039;re <i>purely</i> an investor and not a collector, maybe this would appeal to you, but <i>collectors</i> of high-end coins will never buy a slabbed coin in preference to an unslabbed coin, since it&#039;s not possible to fully evaluate an ancient coin unless it&#039;s &quot;raw.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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