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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3447024, member: 19463"]At what point do most of us consider it cost efficient to pay for a slab and the expertise that comes with it? Is it worth $50 to encapsulate a $50 coin? ...a $100 coin? ...where is the line that you consider it not worth considering? Of course this assumes that you do not value the opinion of the person you bought the coin from (either due to his ability or his honesty). You can buy a plastic box to hold your coin for a lot less than the cost of service + postage and the same $1 box will hold a late Roman bronze or an aureus. I wonder what the median market value of ancient coins submitted for slabbing is. I guess I am talking about just NGC slabs and not the worthless off brand holders as likely to be wrong as right. I really hope no one here is paying a premium for opinions worth less than asking each other on Coin Talk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3447024, member: 19463"]At what point do most of us consider it cost efficient to pay for a slab and the expertise that comes with it? Is it worth $50 to encapsulate a $50 coin? ...a $100 coin? ...where is the line that you consider it not worth considering? Of course this assumes that you do not value the opinion of the person you bought the coin from (either due to his ability or his honesty). You can buy a plastic box to hold your coin for a lot less than the cost of service + postage and the same $1 box will hold a late Roman bronze or an aureus. I wonder what the median market value of ancient coins submitted for slabbing is. I guess I am talking about just NGC slabs and not the worthless off brand holders as likely to be wrong as right. I really hope no one here is paying a premium for opinions worth less than asking each other on Coin Talk.[/QUOTE]
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