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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2461853, member: 1892&quot;][ATTACH=full]515823[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two reasons, the proportions of which I&#039;m unable to ascertain:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The realities Doug so eloquently posts about are known to expert grader/collectors - people who are in it for the love of numismatics and want their MS65&#039;s to actually <b>be</b> MS65&#039;s - and are aware that so many dogs exist in 65 slabs that prices for good ones have been artificially held back due to inappropriate &quot;commonality&quot; by coins which don&#039;t deserve the grade. They&#039;ll pay more for <b>real</b> 65&#039;s, believing them worth the premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) The same yahoos who cracked champagne when their dogs upgraded are now buying the Bean, not the coin, for even more than they paid for the slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Look, Harriet, this one&#039;s so covered with stickers you can barely see the coin. It&#039;s <b>gotta</b> be good!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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