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<p>[QUOTE="Zlotych, post: 1430515, member: 36837"]1) I dig slabs because there is no way I will ever be good at grading. It takes a certain level of patience and knowledge and I'll never have it. Just easier for me to trust others who are trusted by many to make sound grade determinations.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) I don't dig slabs because it sometimes adds an unnecessary premium to coins. I think slabbing keeps younger collectors from getting into the hobby. It helped kill cards and comics. Kids want to see owning something considered special as attainable. Can you find a Pete Rose rookie card without a slab and the mark up associated with it? Nope. But at least now it got rid of the comic flippers and gougers and now the kids that collect just do it to read the books.</p><p><br /></p><p>I buy bullion and lower value unslabbed. I buy older stuff graded. Just how I roll.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Zlotych, post: 1430515, member: 36837"]1) I dig slabs because there is no way I will ever be good at grading. It takes a certain level of patience and knowledge and I'll never have it. Just easier for me to trust others who are trusted by many to make sound grade determinations. 2) I don't dig slabs because it sometimes adds an unnecessary premium to coins. I think slabbing keeps younger collectors from getting into the hobby. It helped kill cards and comics. Kids want to see owning something considered special as attainable. Can you find a Pete Rose rookie card without a slab and the mark up associated with it? Nope. But at least now it got rid of the comic flippers and gougers and now the kids that collect just do it to read the books. I buy bullion and lower value unslabbed. I buy older stuff graded. Just how I roll.[/QUOTE]
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