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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2113541, member: 71723&quot;]True &#039;nuff dat, Vic! There&#039;s nuffin&#039; that&#039;s 95% of nuffin&#039;! In MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (and I refuse to believe I&#039;m THAT atypical) the largest to smallest VOLUME of my &quot;serious&quot; acquisitions, are:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Local coin / estate auctions, in person.</p><p>2) Non-big firm (i.e. Not HA or S-B) online auctions.</p><p>3) Private collector to collector sales in person.</p><p>4) Dealer purchases at local shows.</p><p>5) ANA or other big show bourse purchases.</p><p>6) Everything else, including HA or S-B. Taken together, this whole section represents MAYBE 3-5 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most (the vast majority) are raw. I&#039;ve HAD more coins slabbed than I&#039;ve bought that way, and I&#039;ve never bought a &quot;beaned&quot; coin ever. Not that I&#039;d never have one, I just haven&#039;t needed to. And the LAST time I ever submitted a coin that wouldn&#039;t grade was the FIRST time I submitted one, many years ago, during the ANACS small slab era. &#039;Twas a &quot;cleaned&quot; 19th century big honkin&#039; Mexican silver coin, IIRC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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