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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 25743463, member: 36248&quot;]Bought a few new coins in past week, none have good photos yet (or even mediocre photos), so I cannot share them yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting a few re-holdered with PCGS or CACG.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Then I need to get a few stickered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also had a PCGS coin come back with white debris on the coin that wasn&#039;t there originally, and also not even i the TrueView photos, so I need to send that one back to PCGS.&nbsp; I guess I will find out on Monday how good or bad PCGS customer service is, as I&#039;ve never had to send anything back before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Manchester NH coin show was awesome, by far the largest show that I&#039;ve ever been.&nbsp; &nbsp; There were at least 4 dealers with amazing inventory meeting my criteria I would be shopping for.&nbsp; Namely, Type coins, PCGS and NGC holdered, CAC approved, and broad selection.&nbsp; Too bad I couldn&#039;t afford most of what I saw!</p><p><br /></p><p>I did walk away with a 3CS coin, middle circulated grade, toned, and CAC approved.&nbsp; &nbsp; I paid beyond high retail for it, but it was still in my price range.&nbsp;&nbsp; The sad part is the holder is just beat to heck, and I absolutely must get it re-holdered and re-stickered.&nbsp;&nbsp; That alone will be like another $80, so I might have just considered a higher priced coin in a nice slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish either dealers cared more about the slab appearance, or PCGS would find harder plastic.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think what the issue is is mostly clarity.&nbsp; Seems to me the clearer the plastic get, like the recent PCGS slabs and CACG, the &quot;softer&quot; the plastic gets and you so much as look at the slab and its scratched.</p><p><br /></p><p>You take something like a NGC fatty slab, which is ~35 years old, and while it&#039;s less &quot;Clear&quot; it acquires less scratches.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I see old fattys that are almost as old as me and they look nicer in terms of distracting scratches than a coin PCGS re-holdered two weeks ago.&nbsp; NGC scratch resistant holder (for extra $$) are an absolute joke too.&nbsp;&nbsp; Wish TPG could find the magic formula here, or dealers could stop slamming them around like they were worthless.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Buy the coin, not the slab&quot; crowd can pipe down too.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you cant SEE <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the dang coin in the plastic slab, it really detracts from the coin, no matter how nice the coin is.&nbsp; I never hear the fine art crowd say dumb things like &quot;its the painting, not the frame&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#039;s both!&nbsp;&nbsp; Both the &quot;Art&quot; and the &quot;Frame&quot; are critical to the overall appearance.&nbsp; Presentation matters, but I can&#039;t seem to convince some coin people of that fact.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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