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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marianne, post: 117257, member: 4907&quot;]I was just reading something by Scott A. Travers called &quot;The 10 Greatest Myths of Slabbed Coins,&quot; and #2 was &quot;All slabbed MS-65 coins are created equal.&quot; Here&#039;s the article:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pocketchangelottery.com/article108.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pocketchangelottery.com/article108.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.pocketchangelottery.com/article108.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The whole Eye Appeal factor confuses me. I&#039;ve read that it can bump a coin up a grade. It&#039;s bound to be subjective to start with, and then the slab isn&#039;t hermetically sealed. So couldn&#039;t the eye appeal deteriorate over time, while the technical grade remains fixed? </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also read that ICCS, the Canadian company, doesn&#039;t include Eye Appeal in their grading, so they&#039;re considered to be more conservative. This makes sense to me, since you should be buying the coin and not the slab. Seems to me it&#039;s my eye that should decide the appeal when I&#039;m buying a coin. Am I being hopelessly naive?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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