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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2104203, member: 59677&quot;]GoldFinger - you&#039;ve put the finger on it. There really are two markets, maybe three...</p><p><br /></p><p>1. People who collect slabs - a very small # of collectors focused on the history of the slabs, the small differences over time, etc. (buy the holder not the coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>2. People who are looking to crack out and gain on the upgrade. The fallacy there is that MOST of the EASY upgrades were done during several waves previously. It&#039;s really only new material that&#039;s been locked away in a collection for 20-30 years that is a candidate.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s just hard to tell the difference between new and picked over unless you look at the coin very carefully (buy the coin not the holder)</p><p><br /></p><p>3. People looking to complete sets that were started long ago in a particular holder - I&#039;ve seen a nearly complete set of commems that came to market this year all in PCGS 1 OGH. I would guess the collector spent a lot of time &amp; money to chase down the missing pieces and finally gave up - it was as complete as it would ever be. I guess s/he decided not to try and cross it over en-mass and so consigned it to a Texas dealer...</p><p><br /></p><p>But #3 is a tiny group, #1 isn&#039;t very large either...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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