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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim M, post: 320704, member: 4791&quot;]I was at the shop last Saturday and in walked this young lady. 25ish..&nbsp;&nbsp; Dragging along beside her was a young boy, maybe 5.&nbsp; &nbsp; She said her husband is a coin collector and he had picked up a really nice Morgan on....&nbsp; Yep EBAY.&nbsp; Wanted us to look at it.&nbsp; She handed me the Morgan in a slab mind you.&nbsp; I looked at the coin, VF harshly cleaned, 1885.&nbsp; I said what would you like me to tell you about this coin?&nbsp; Obvious answer followed, I want to know what its worth...&nbsp;&nbsp; I hesitated because I knew before I started where this was going.&nbsp; I said $12-15 bucks, its a common date and basically worth silver yada&nbsp; yada. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is where things got kinda nasty.&nbsp; &nbsp; My husband has been collecting coins now for over 5 years and he says this is an uncirculated coin because......... THE SLAB says it is.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now keep in mind I have been around the block I think once maybe twice in my 40 years of collecting.&nbsp; Well I pulled out a the ANA grading book and started educating this lady.&nbsp;&nbsp; Her next question was..&nbsp; Am I gonna get in trouble for killing my husband and this person who is self slabbing these things and ripping people off..</p><p><br /></p><p>I told her I am pretty sure that its against the law here and I would recommend not doing that.&nbsp; How many times does this have to happen before people start listening?</p><p><br /></p><p>I didnt mention the slabber of this coin but it starts with a G&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not trying to start a war.&nbsp; Just make it a personal practice as a collector to try and educate at least one person this week on the whole slabbing issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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