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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2301206, member: 71510&quot;]The proof is in the pudding - as they say.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you looked at how they grade compared to the larger establishments?&nbsp; There isn&#039;t any rule that says they can&#039;t be as good - or better.&nbsp; I would question clean room setup for slabbing and such - but there is the possibility for a new player to emerge some day.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying it&#039;s NNC, but you gotta start somewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had a few nice scores from &quot;basement slabbers&quot; in the past.&nbsp; It&#039;s definitely a case of buying the coin and not the holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought an 1888-S for $110 that was in someone&#039;s old MS63 slab, cracked it out and it came back from ANACS as a legit MS63.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I have a few that claim to be 66 and 67 slabs, and I know they&#039;re not.&nbsp; They were nice coins though - and I paid fairly for them (and promptly cracked them out!).</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be nice to see more competition and uniform grading across the industry.&nbsp; ICG is making a comeback (so I hear) and ANACS is doing very well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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