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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 8216699, member: 42034&quot;]Hi &amp; thanks for the info ToughCOINS</p><p>Yes, I know that the coins are counterfeits.&nbsp; My question is:</p><p><br /></p><p>What reason did the seller give for not slabbing the $20 gold?&nbsp; All higher value US coins are slabbed in this country.&nbsp; That 1898-P would be amazingly nice so why would one not be suspicious of such an apparently rare coin being sold unslabbed?&nbsp; Presumably slabbing it could increase the price greatly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll give some background.</p><p>I normally seek foreign/ancient coins where the characteristics are not so well known.&nbsp; A few years ago, at a major coin show I ran across, a dealer selling a high grade Roman sestersius of Vitellius (69 AD).&nbsp; It was unslabbed and he initially wanted $40K for it.&nbsp; The dealer specialized in much more modern, generally lower-end, world coins so the fact that he was offering such a rare Roman piece, unslabbed, that did not fit into his usual offerings was an immediate cause for concern.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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