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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Steve E, post: 55459, member: 2147&quot;]I use my $100 rule.&nbsp; Coins in my collection over $100 go to be slabbed.&nbsp; Why, because no matter how poor they are at grading, they are better than me.&nbsp; Maybe I won&#039;t sell them but somewhere, sometime, someone will,&nbsp; and a slabbed coin will always bring a higher premium than a raw one.&nbsp; I like my dealers, but I would feel much more comfortable handing over lots of money for a coin in a slab from one of the big 3, than to hand it over because my dealer says &quot;it will grade at .... trust me!&quot;.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>When I found my 1944 D/S Lincolns the highest I graded one was VF.&nbsp; When they came back from ANACS the lowest grade was a VF because of rim damage, the rest graded AU.&nbsp; What I saw as wear turned out to be weak strikes.&nbsp; That mistake could have cost me over $1,000 if I had trusted my grading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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