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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silentnviolent, post: 1811750, member: 8797&quot;]No. It&#039;s the reason people should know what they are buying before buying it. </p><p>It&#039;s the reason people learn the need to learn more.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be a terrible thing (for everyone but the grading agencies) if that was all the hobby consisted of, and would lead numismatics down the path of collecting baseball cards. That hobby is dead, save for a select few cards and/or eras that serve as its life support. </p><p><br /></p><p>Slabs can and are faked as well, and can be mislabeled or give a grade that nobody seems to agree with. Hence the mantra, &quot;Buy the coin, not the slab.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>But the topic coin of this thread does look like crap. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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