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<p>[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 3445886, member: 8959"]From my experience, talking or communicating with a slab person about grading, if you happen <b>not to be one,</b> is not a easy thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the more extreme slab collectors, coins are objects which <b>must</b> be embedded in plastic and graded 'straight' in order to be worthy of being collected. The words 'details and cleaned' are two adjectives which suffice to make a coin <b>completely undesirable.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, there are collectors who do not, as a routine encapsulate coins, who see coins primarily as historical, artistic, or in some other way appealing objects. We tend to be much more willing to be forgiving of imperfect coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that what I am saying is obvious to many of us, and also that there are many other types of collectors, including some who are a hybrid of both types described above. To each his own.</p><p>However, the above are the two ends of the collector spectrum.</p><p><br /></p><p>I definitely belong in the second category.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, effectively talking about grade with a slab person is therefore very difficult. Our value base is just too different to broach the topic effectively.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 3445886, member: 8959"]From my experience, talking or communicating with a slab person about grading, if you happen [B]not to be one,[/B] is not a easy thing. For the more extreme slab collectors, coins are objects which [B]must[/B] be embedded in plastic and graded 'straight' in order to be worthy of being collected. The words 'details and cleaned' are two adjectives which suffice to make a coin [B]completely undesirable.[/B] On the other hand, there are collectors who do not, as a routine encapsulate coins, who see coins primarily as historical, artistic, or in some other way appealing objects. We tend to be much more willing to be forgiving of imperfect coins. I know that what I am saying is obvious to many of us, and also that there are many other types of collectors, including some who are a hybrid of both types described above. To each his own. However, the above are the two ends of the collector spectrum. I definitely belong in the second category. For me, effectively talking about grade with a slab person is therefore very difficult. Our value base is just too different to broach the topic effectively.[/QUOTE]
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