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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 476237, member: 6370"]^^ I agree completely....</p><p> </p><p>There are no coin types I would search out for slabbed...I have never thought 'I should get a slabbed example of this because people fake this type'.</p><p> </p><p>I buy mostly raw coins bacause most coins I buy are ancients and world and there arent that many ancients out there that I see for sale in slabs and there are plenty of raw world coins out there to choose from. I have a few slabbed coins, I bought them because the coin in the slab was outstanding, the slab did not factor into why I bought them at all.</p><p> </p><p>I will NOT pay more for a coin because it is slabbed, I will NOT pay more for a coin if it has some MS-whatever number (scam so people can bump prices)...I will only pay what I think is a fair price...Slabbing and some expanded grading system means so little to me...and I just cant stand having to look at my coins locked away behind a cheap plastic sheen...There is no such thing as MS-63, 64, 65 whatever money...unless you have allowed yourself to be duped that way, or are playing the eek a bit more money out of flipping, lets raise the price of coins game. It just Uncirculated or it isnt...its just FDC, almost FDC or it isnt. If someone showed me two coins, one that is graded 63 and one that is graded 65...I wouldnt pay any more for one or less for the other and if the person thinks I should, I move right on along <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Think its just how things are in the hobby? Think again...plenty of people could not care less if you want extra money because you locked a coin away in plastic with a MS-grade...the more people who do not bite, the less that tactic will work...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 476237, member: 6370"]^^ I agree completely.... There are no coin types I would search out for slabbed...I have never thought 'I should get a slabbed example of this because people fake this type'. I buy mostly raw coins bacause most coins I buy are ancients and world and there arent that many ancients out there that I see for sale in slabs and there are plenty of raw world coins out there to choose from. I have a few slabbed coins, I bought them because the coin in the slab was outstanding, the slab did not factor into why I bought them at all. I will NOT pay more for a coin because it is slabbed, I will NOT pay more for a coin if it has some MS-whatever number (scam so people can bump prices)...I will only pay what I think is a fair price...Slabbing and some expanded grading system means so little to me...and I just cant stand having to look at my coins locked away behind a cheap plastic sheen...There is no such thing as MS-63, 64, 65 whatever money...unless you have allowed yourself to be duped that way, or are playing the eek a bit more money out of flipping, lets raise the price of coins game. It just Uncirculated or it isnt...its just FDC, almost FDC or it isnt. If someone showed me two coins, one that is graded 63 and one that is graded 65...I wouldnt pay any more for one or less for the other and if the person thinks I should, I move right on along :) Think its just how things are in the hobby? Think again...plenty of people could not care less if you want extra money because you locked a coin away in plastic with a MS-grade...the more people who do not bite, the less that tactic will work...[/QUOTE]
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