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<p>[QUOTE="GregH, post: 7780639, member: 75936"]What problem are NGC trying to solve exactly with their hideous slabs?</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin will be judged on its merits at auction. The slab provides no value-add except someone's opinion that the coin is genuine - which the auction house should provide anyway. The slab removes elegant storage options (like my 19th century mahogany cabinet). And you shouldn't need NGC to give the coin a mark out of 5 for ancients, or 70 for moderns (btw i think the Sheldon scale is absurd!), as most people should know what they like when they see it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GregH, post: 7780639, member: 75936"]What problem are NGC trying to solve exactly with their hideous slabs? A coin will be judged on its merits at auction. The slab provides no value-add except someone's opinion that the coin is genuine - which the auction house should provide anyway. The slab removes elegant storage options (like my 19th century mahogany cabinet). And you shouldn't need NGC to give the coin a mark out of 5 for ancients, or 70 for moderns (btw i think the Sheldon scale is absurd!), as most people should know what they like when they see it.[/QUOTE]
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