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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 212841, member: 3726&quot;]Ummm - buying top tier slabs does not mean you will &quot;not&quot; get an over graded coin(or one with eye appeal).&nbsp; Why do you think top tier slabs bring different prices from different graders for the same coin and grade?&nbsp; So we are back to buy the coin not the slab.&nbsp; A good quality raw coin will bring the same as a slabbed coin.&nbsp; I have been looking for what I consider an acurately graded 1909-S indian cent(yes I know about the week strike on the feather tips) but I see a lot of slabbed coins that I think are overgraded(top 3). Market grading or not I want an acurate graded coin for a fair price.&nbsp; I have always wondered why an acurately graded coin from ANACs/NGC/PCGS bring different prices.&nbsp; I find it funny when the dealers perpetuate this disparity - got this from a dealer today:</p><p><br /></p><p>A LIMITED QUANTITY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON $ MINT ERRORS WITH THE LETTERING MISSING FROM THE EDGE GRADED MS66 &amp; MS65 BY PCGS AND IN MS65 BY NGC !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS MS66 ONLY $699 each</p><p>PCGS MS65 ONLY $429 each</p><p>NGC MS65 ONLY $299 each</p><p><br /></p><p>So does this mean NGC grades incorrectly or is it PCGS is under grading?&nbsp; So where does your best gain come from?&nbsp; Demand and supply also comes into play.&nbsp; I can&#039;t tell.&nbsp; My father bought an NGC graded 3 coin aniversery set for 279 including shipment and I bought a PCGS graded set for 290.&nbsp; Both are 69 sets - who has the better investment if the coins are graded the same? </p><p><br /></p><p>Now for investing - yes I think my coins are a &quot;type&quot; of investment.&nbsp; Somebody somewhere will make money off of them - not me because unless something really bad happens I will not sell them.&nbsp; But I consider myself a rookie collector(I prefer raw coins, but my modern stuff is graded unless it comes from the mint and if the prices is right some of my older coins are graded).&nbsp; It just irks me to pay a premium for a slab, where if you look hard enough and long enough you can get the same coin raw at a cheaper price.&nbsp; The difference between this investment and a stock market investment is hugh.&nbsp; I can actually hold these and look at them.&nbsp; And more than likely they will always have some value - where as a stock can go belly up and be worthless.&nbsp; HEY - you want a stock to go down - just ask me to buy some of them.&nbsp; I think I should be some kind of stock market indicator. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow - my large cent worth of thoughts for probably this whole week. I like these type threads - it is all opinion and mine finally counts.:mouth:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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