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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3183391, member: 76194&quot;]What a farce, you are seeing what NGC wants to do to this hobby. Heritage loves it though, because now they can take a $2,000 coin, encase it in plastic, and get some US investors-type to pay $36,000 for it (the plastic tax).</p><p><br /></p><p>It worked wonders for the U.S. Coins Market, which is why U.S. coins are so grossly overpriced today compared to any other coinage in the world. How long before we start seeing Athenian Owl coins rated MS-67* or MS-66 First Stike, or MS-65 Deep Cameo, or maybe even MS-65+.</p><p><br /></p><p>I give it less than a year before CAC stickers become a thing for slabbed ancients too. Anything to bring the &quot;It&#039;s all about the highest grade and investment value&quot; US-investor types into the untapped ancients market so they can ruin it like they did with US coins. They&#039;ll drive away actual collectors who care about the history and artistic value of coins, and it will all be about &quot;grade&quot;, &quot;CAC stickers&quot;, &quot;resale value&quot;, &quot;which coin is the best investment&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: Population reports are meaningless because they don&#039;t account the coins that haven&#039;t been submitted, and some coins are submitted more than once. Meaning it is not an accurate reflection of anything, really.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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