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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 3720922, member: 19250&quot;]Fake slabs are a major issue as well are fake raw coins. </p><p>The the real problem or issues is collectors who are clueless unless the coin they are buying is in a slab peroid .</p><p>They are blinded by plastic or stickers in thinking that I&#039;m ok buying it because its in a pcgs,ngc, or ,anacs slab . Keep drinking the kool ade!</p><p>Personally I need now break open a slab to obtain a higher grade. I can look at a coin and tell you what it grades, if it&#039;s a variety, has it been tooled, etc..etc....</p><p>Every collector should know how to grade and read a coin surfaces.</p><p>And that is what separates&nbsp; a numismistic from a collector . If you rely on a TPG, or a sticker to guide your purchase you&#039;re in the wrong hobby!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>If you read, research, ask questions, have the passion to learn.....then come talk to me. If you just need to fill holes in an album or a set then you need not consider yourself a collector...you&#039;re a horder! </p><p>There are plenty of members here both youg and old who have tried to teach other members here, those same members would give you an honest opion on a coin no matter raw or slabed. </p><p>If you are not going to take advantage of the wisdom and knowlege these people offer you.....then again your in the&nbsp; wrong hobby.....maybe collecting foreign tennis balls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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