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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 465161, member: 15309&quot;]I will agree that we approach coin collecting in very different ways.&nbsp; However, I doubt that you have the skill to make passable AT coins in your kitchen.&nbsp; With regards to my skill in detecting AT vs. NT, Doug has made the point very well in the past that almost nobody can tell the difference all of the time.&nbsp; There are certainly AT coins that look so good that they can only be classified as questionable.&nbsp; In this case, the TPG has to determine whether the toning is market acceptable or not.&nbsp; I am very good at determining toned coins that will meet this market acceptability.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to the $1,000 price tag, maybe I guessed too low in your case.&nbsp; I think that almost every coin collector has a monetary limit on coins that they will feel comfortable buying raw.&nbsp; Maybe your limit is $10,000, I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; But if you buy a raw coin valued at $25,000 in MS63 and you decide to sell it and it comes back MS62 @ $15,000 from NGC, my guess is that you will lose sleep.&nbsp; If you decide to sell a $25,000 coin raw, then I wish you the best of luck finding a buyer.&nbsp; My guess is that they will all offer MS62 money, because they don&#039;t want to take the risk of the coin coming back from the TPG in an MS62 holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>You think slabs have ruined the hobby.&nbsp; I think they have saved it from the bad coin dealers.&nbsp; Gone are the days of the coin dealer buying that $25,000 MS63 for MS62 money and then calling it a gem and selling it for $50,000 because their is no independent third party to refute his so called expert opinion.&nbsp; The TPG&#039;s force the dealers to sell the coins at a reasonable profit.&nbsp; They bring stability to the market and level the playing field for the collector IMO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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