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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3567715, member: 97383&quot;]Sallent makes some good points that escape collectors of modern slabbed coins. I&#039;d like to illustrate one example that shows the lunacy I&#039;m referring to with two $20 gold coins of 1904. The 1st coin was auctioned by Great Collections almost a year ago for $22,500.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! It was graded MS65, &amp; later given a &quot;green bean&quot; CAC sticker. The next coin I bought at auction a couple of years ago for almost $3,000.00. The dies that struck my $20 coin were fresher than the &quot;green bean&quot; coin which shows weakness in Liberty&#039;s hair, &amp; the surfaces on my coin show fewer abrasions. In this case the inferior coin sold for 7 times more than the superior coin. Why ?&nbsp; Was it because the 1st coin had an older style slab &amp; a &quot;green bean&quot; sticker ?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]949417[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]949418[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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