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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1400850, member: 13650&quot;]It seems very self explanatory to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many coins are purchased online these days.&nbsp;&nbsp; Anything short of excellent photography and lighting makes it all but impossible to adequately grade coins on a computer screen.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many pictures make the coin simply look shiny.&nbsp;&nbsp; It could be AU.&nbsp; It may be MS-64.&nbsp; When values can jump so high from one grade to the next, it&#039;s difficult for buyers to take every individual seller&#039;s word.&nbsp; Even if they are trusted veterans.&nbsp; They have a vested interest in trying to get as much as possible for what they are selling.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; If NGC or PCGS labels a coin a MS-64,&nbsp; most of the time there is no argument and the market accepts it as that.&nbsp; Being a third party, they do not care what the coins grades.&nbsp; It&#039;s a third party opinion.&nbsp;&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean that some MS-64s are a lot nicer than other MS-64s.&nbsp;&nbsp; The buyer still has to be the judge of what should be paid for a slabbed coin based on it&#039;s quality.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;It also requires time and money to get coins in a slab.&nbsp; The product and the authentication/verification inevitably should be worth something extra.&nbsp; It will certainly help sell something.&nbsp; Anybody that says it doesn&#039;t matter, isn&#039;t or hasn&#039;t tried selling anything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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