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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7634388, member: 115909&quot;]Even if someone paid to have it certified that doesn’t mean that I pay extra for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example let’s take that $50 coin you were hypothesizing about. Send it in for $50 for grading, shipping and insurance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you have $100 in the coin. But it’s only worth $50.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would only pay $50 for that coin. So the cost of grading and all that wouldn’t affect me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might pay $5 extra if it’s a coin I really want but that’s it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the price difference between a VF and Ch XF they have auction sold prices for both on HA past auctions. You just find the difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the biggest thing about slabs is that for people who are totally clueless on identifying counterfeits it gives them <i>some </i>assurance. It may not be a guarantee but it’s still something</p><p><br /></p><p>You could go on Etsy or EBay right now and buy Ancient coins for super cheap. But are they real? Some people like myself are terrified of spending hundreds of dollars and ending up with a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>The slab shows that the coin has at least been checked out by an ancient coins expert and was OK’ed. So that’s something.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure it may encourage buying &amp; selling but isn’t that a good thing? </p><p><br /></p><p>People make money on slabbed US coins by buying &amp; selling so why not ancients?</p><p><br /></p><p>As long as it’s done with integrity and respect for the customer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike that HSN nonsense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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