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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 3655724, member: 91609&quot;]Gunner, first of all, your title is misleading.&nbsp; We don&#039;t know for a fact that your an &quot;old man&quot;, &amp; certainly you are not &quot;rambling&quot;.&nbsp; While your posts seem to indicate that you are well versed, for all we know you&#039;re some 20-something punk kid (like me) just messing with us. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now as for the coin, beautiful example, hope you purchased it well.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always wondered why these &quot;First Strike&quot; coins aren&#039;t all MS70, I mean they are &quot;first strike&quot; right?&nbsp; Further proof that the producer of the slab doesn&#039;t give a hoot! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I do have a few (5 or 6) &quot;First Strike&quot; slabs, because I liked or wanted the coin itself.&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall paying a premium &amp; I don&#039;t think I would have done so. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also (99.999% of the time) only buy the coin, regardless of the slab (I have some in slabs that others abhor, getting a great deal on them &amp; finding varieties &amp; VAMS which no one else found). </p><p><br /></p><p>And I actually do have about 10 - 15 slabs which I bought because of the slab (ie, first edition PCGS &amp; NGC; doilies, etc), which coincidentally just happen to contain extremely nice, high graded coins - but I bought them for the slab.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So you see, I even break my own rules once in awhile.&nbsp; I guess that means I have no rules (for collecting).&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Continue on, I enjoy your posts! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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