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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 6526, member: 112&quot;]Speedy asked a good question - it makes a huge difference in price as to which grading company slabbed the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>But to answer your question - if you are talking to a dealer or a knowledgeable collector face to face and they can see the coin themselves and make a judgement about it - then no, in usually does not matter if the coin is slabbed or not. If it is a genuine MS65 coin - they will know it and likely offer a fair price. Now this is assuming of course that the dealer or the collector doing the buying is honorable and trustworthy. Not all of them are.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where it makes a difference is if you are trying to sell your coin to someone who cannot see it for themselves, hold it in their hand and form their own opinion of the grade. Then the coin being slabbed by one of the reputable grading companies makes a huge difference. For these buyers do not know you - they don&#039;t know what your grading ability is or if you are honest and trustworthy yourself. All they know is what you tell them. But if the coin is slabbed - then they have the opinion of the grading company to go by and decide if the coin is worth what you are asking. That&#039;s why it matters which grading company it is. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers and knowledgeable collectors know how they all grade coins. They know that not all MS65 coins are not equal just because they are in a slab. What one company calls MS65 may really only be MS63 or even MS62. While what another calls MS65 - likely is MS65.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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