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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IBetASilverDollar, post: 2695673, member: 85251&quot;]I have no idea why I can&#039;t get my response out of the quote but this was what I was trying to post in reply to post reading: <i>&quot;I fully agree with, and understand, the importance of trusting ones eye when making a decision on a coin but until I gain that confidence I&#039;m at the mercy of the stickers on slabs&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll find a lot of people who hate on slabbed coins forget this important part.&nbsp; Slabbed coins are a safe entry/gateway for beginners like myself into the hobby and vital to the future.&nbsp; The nice thing is you can still use your eye with coins in slabs, that&#039;s not mutually exclusive to raw coins and you get the added benefit of the coin most likely being authentic and most likely in the ballpark of the grade on the sticker removing a lot of the doubt.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can speak from personal experience being 6 months or so in, I&#039;ve regretted every raw coin I&#039;ve bought (I am just flat out not good enough to make a wise purchase of a raw coin and will probably remain that way for awhile) and would have quit 5 months ago if not for slabbed coins saving the day for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your OP, everyone&#039;s advice above me is far better than anything I could add.&nbsp; I&#039;ve used NGC twice and been happy with the process but also learned along the way I&#039;d rather just buy already slabbed coins than deal with sending them in myself.&nbsp; Refer back to me regretting every raw coin purchased.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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