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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3103041, member: 19463&quot;]I can&#039;t help thinking that actual examples of NGC slabs with errors of ID or autenticity are rare enough to have a market value all on their own rather like we pay good money for original Cavinos or Beckers.&nbsp; My problem is that new collectors may think anything plastic is just as good.&nbsp; It is not.&nbsp; There are quite a few companies entombing coins that simply do not know enough to be selling their expertise.&nbsp; At the last show I attended a non-ancient dealer had a large stack of very nicely produced plastic containered coins but I forget the brand name.&nbsp; He said that NGC had tried to buy the rights to the slabs but the inventor would not sell.&nbsp; This guy knew it all and undoubtedly would find people who would buy his coins despite the hilarious overgrading and occasional ID errors.&nbsp; However high quality, plastic boxes do not make you a numismatic scholar.&nbsp; At present I have absolutely no use for any slab company other than NGC and we have seen here that they made a mistake on that Carisius cast.&nbsp; Many of us have bit it on that one but I allow an amateur like me to make mistakes that I deny those who set themselves up as value added providers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have shown it before but:</p><p>My only uncracked slab is this National Numismatic Certification MS65 Constantius II labeled Constantine II.&nbsp; Beginners have troubles separating coins that require reading every letter and we here on CT help many of them learn such things.&nbsp; Our culture requires a minimum standard of education and ability before you can call yourself a Physician or a Lawyer but anyone with some plastic and super glue can set themselves up as a coin grading and authentication service.&nbsp; Don&#039;t buy slabs from people who judge their product based on the quality of their plastic rather than the coins inside. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]785691[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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