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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 299568, member: 1242&quot;]Mike,</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the slabbed coin was not abused! However, the longer a coin stays in a rattler (slab), the better the chance it will suffer some impact damage. Have you ever wondered why that so many coins appear to have been way over-graded by NNC and NTC (oh well, some have!)?! Well, not all were way over-graded but due to impact damage, the coin(s) suffered and what might have been an MS-64 at one time, became an MS-62 or even an MS-60. The main Coin Dealer that I used to purchase from at the local Coin Club&#039;s Coin Show, was a volume slab Dealer that dealt mainly in what you would call problem slabs. The coins in the slabs were either damaged somewhat when they were holdered by the TPG or they were over-graded. I would go through hundreds of the slabbed coins almost every Coin Show (which is held the 1st Saturday of every month) looking for Errors and Varieties and found that probably 80% or more of the over-graded coins were in rattlers. I sure wish that he had not retired because I have purchased slabbed coins with unattributed Errors and Varieties for as low as $5 to as much as $22 and resold them for 10 to 20 times what I paid. The first time I met this guy, I picked up a 1909-P Lincoln Cent that was graded by NTC as an MS-66 RD (I think*) for less than $15 but was actually a MS-64 RD and an unattributed DDO #1. I listed the coin on eBay that evening and it sold for around $100 a week later.</p><p><br /></p><p>* The Coin Dealer gave nice discounts when you purchased in bulk.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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