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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 48927, member: 1235&quot;]It&#039;s always been my understanding that, for grading, you are paying for a service that does not effect the overall value of the coin itself.&nbsp; I read somewhere, once, that grading services started for consumer protection against fraud with coins that were being purchased &#039;sight unseen&#039; - and they never imagined it would be used to the extent that people are using it today.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how much of that was factual, but it sounds right to me - at least it makes sense.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>take a 100 dollar coin, you put it in a professionally graded slab, it&#039;s still a 100 dollar coin.&nbsp; If the retailer feels he can charge more because of the slab, and sell it, he will do so.&nbsp; If the buyer feels the coin is worth more because of the slab, he will pay more.&nbsp; In the end, it&#039;s still a 100 dollar coin - all you&#039;ve done is attached a professional opinion concerning the grade on the table.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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