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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2424452, member: 56859&quot;]An excellent question.</p><p><br /></p><p>The service appears to be most beneficial to collectors who don&#039;t wish to be bothered about having to expend energy to learn anything about the coin they are buying or who view the purchase as a commodity, a gamble, or a source of empty bragging. <i>&quot;Yeah, but mine&#039;s an AU star and 1800 years old!! It must be worth a fortune!&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It is beneficial to auction houses who have a massive modern coin collector customer base.&nbsp; Those collectors are accustomed to paying monster prices for mass-produced, often artistically bland clones with prices varying tremendously based on trivial differences in quality.&nbsp; Ancients are a real bargain compared to modern coins, but new collectors might feel squeamish about buying a coin whose current value can&#039;t be looked up in a red book or gray sheet.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin comes in a tidy plastic case with an acronym they know, their comfort level is increased and the auction house might be able to sell more coins-- to customers who are largely accustomed to paying higher prices for their modern coins.&nbsp; A win for the auction house.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure if there is any formal guarantee.&nbsp; A quick browse of his website didn&#039;t say anything about a guarantee.&nbsp; What you do get is a thorough evaluation by an elite numismatist, with considerably more information including references.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER], among others, has used Sears&#039; service in the past.&nbsp; Hey Steve-O, post some pictures of your certs <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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