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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bacchus, post: 41436, member: 759&quot;]I avoid slabs because I don&#039;t see a reason to pay the premium on coins with virtually no collector markup (except for your 1991 !).&nbsp; One site I found that sells slabs is Cameo CC (I have no experience with them, either):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cameocc.com/webdocs/catalog.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cameocc.com/webdocs/catalog.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.cameocc.com/webdocs/catalog.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I trust my little Acculab scale to verify the coins are real gold:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amosadvantage.com:80/scottonline/productgroup.asp?category=SCLE&amp;part%5Fno=&amp;Tab=c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amosadvantage.com:80/scottonline/productgroup.asp?category=SCLE&amp;part%5Fno=&amp;Tab=c" rel="nofollow">http://www.amosadvantage.com:80/scottonline/productgroup.asp?category=SCLE&amp;part_no=&amp;Tab=c</a></p><p><br /></p><p>although if I had it to do over again, I would probably get a scale that ammo reloaders use to measure out gunpowder.&nbsp; The range is shorter (maybe 1.5 oz maximum versus 7 oz for the Acculab) but the precision is finer (1 grain versus 0.1 grams).&nbsp; 1.5 oz is plenty for any coin that I buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a coin on one web site&nbsp; and after I received it I discovered it wasn&#039;t the year that I ordered; it was a year that I already had in my collection.&nbsp; A local dealer swapped it for another year for me, so it worked out ok&nbsp; ... that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the online dealers whose sites I&#039;ve seen seem to sell the AGEs as bullion; that is, they don&#039;t indicate what year will be on the coin (probably a 1999).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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