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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RedTiger, post: 634002, member: 19098&quot;]Like it or not, slabbing is part and parcel of the current coin market, more so as prices go up the range. Information about the various grading companies and relative valuations is relevant to price guides, market pricing, auction results, and what a potential buyer or bidder might consider paying. Isn&#039;t that bottom line? What a person will pay when buying, or what a person will receive when selling? Grade matters. Sometimes the holder matters too.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you call crappola, others may see as valuable and useful information. The information I am sharing was earned by paying a good deal of tuition. By sharing it on the forum, I would hope that a few readers may not have to pay the same dues that I did. Others may have had a very different experience and their own lessons to share.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to buying an mint state 1886-O Morgan raw, that is fine for those that are excellent graders. For an average group of collectors, that might be 10% to 40% of the group, towards the higher number for experienced veterans (in general, that is ten years or more), towards the lower number for novices (in general, that is less than five years in the hobby).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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