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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ROLLJUNKIE, post: 2083705, member: 36257&quot;]People who are new to collecting don&#039;t know a world before slabs. We are expected to know the coins, the TPG&#039;s, the stickers and who knows what&#039;s next. In a perfect world yes, I could just learn to (accurately) grade coins and buy for my own collection, but when it comes time to sell, I have to market my item to the biggest audience to achieve the best price. The new market desires slabs, with stickers. Where some believe TPG&#039;s have improved the hobby, I say they have handicapped it. They are taking years of knowledge and experience and selling it for $20.00 a crack.</p><p>I admit that I get too caught up trying to make sure I don&#039;t lose money on a coin that I have talked myself right out of a lot of really nice pieces. I forget this is a hobby and hobbies cost money.</p><p>I vow to buy one coin in the next week that is not in a slab and one that I haven&#039;t looked up in a price book. I will buy it because I like it, consider it a complete financial loss and love every second of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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