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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1830613, member: 112&quot;]As said already, sample slabs were and are, (they still give them out), nothing but advertising gimmicks by the TPG&#039;s. The TPG would pick some generic coin, put them in slabs and then give them away for free to collectors at coin shows. The free bit should tell you something.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for there being a large market for them, I certainly wouldn&#039;t say that. I would say there is a very, very, small market for them. Only a fraction of 1% of collectors collect them.</p><p><br /></p><p>To put that into perspective, of all the Silver Eagles and Gold Eagles sold, and most folks think those are immensely popular among collectors, only maybe, stress maybe, 10% of collectors collect those coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many, many, multiples more collectors who collect the bullion coins than there are those who collect sample slabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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