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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 628670, member: 8033&quot;]Know your coins, know the series, know your dealers, know how to grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I own thousands of coins including some key dates in the coins I know best. They&#039;re 99% raw. I probably own less than 20 slabs. A few I actually had slabbed. I&#039;ve rarely bought them that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now as for key dates in a coin I&#039;m not real strong on I agree that buying slabbed is best. Know it&#039;s real but even then I don&#039;t just trust the number on the slab. I like to see ANY coin I buy in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>Slabs have their merits but learning has it&#039;s merits as well. Knowing how to buy a raw coin right can be very satisfying. I bought six today actually. Nothing major but I&#039;d bet if I sent them to get slabbed all would come back with a grade as high as, if not higher, than I assigned and with no problems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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