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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tmoneyeagles, post: 605182, member: 17557&quot;]I take a graded coin over a raw one anyday...</p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;ve bought raw morgans, and just got burned, because I bought BU&#039;s, and I got cleaned AU&#039;s in return</p><p>Buying slabbed morgans, assures me that a coin is the grade on the slab, I know if I buy a 63, I won&#039;t get a 50! And If I were to get a 62, or a different coin than what I expected, I simply return it, because I only buy from auctions with a return policy.</p><p>I have never bought a coin in person, because all my dealers are overpriced, and I&#039;m not waiting all damn year, to buy a coin at one show, in San Antonio, not going to happen</p><p>I take my chances with ebay, and items with returns... I have never been burnt on a single slabbed coin, and all my coins, are solid for the money I paid.</p><p>I&#039;ve compared with raw examples, and other slabbed examples, and my 63&#039;s are all solid 63&#039;s.</p><p>So no, I don&#039;t collect SLABS, I collect coins in the slabs, to me, having that coin slabbed is just worth more, as I don&#039;t see how I can justify a coin grade, because if I do, get a raw morgan, and give it a 63, there will always be that question in my mind, &quot;what would ngc say&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d pay a premium for a coin in an NGC/PCGS slab, because those are the top two grading companies, have a good reputation, and from what are see, are for the most part, dead on with grading. I&#039;d be willing to pay a little more than a raw price, for a coin in an ANACS or ICG holder, and a raw price, for raw and other graders. </p><p>Paying a $15 premium for a MS63 morgan, vs. a &quot;MS63&quot; raw morgan, is fine by me. Saves me money actually, and there is no guarantee that, that raw morgan will come back a 63, if it comes back a 62, or 61, then I just got burned, if it comes back a 64 that is lucky, but I&#039;d rather play it safe, than try to get lucky. No point in saving my cash, then actually paying more money, just to see if the coin&#039;s grade is right, before it is slabbed! People collect the way the want to, and I like to collect coins, graded, and then study the coins I own. If it comes to a day, where I do find a fantasitic raw coin, I should know my ropes around 63&#039;s and 64&#039;s, and if I could get a 65 for 63 money, and send it in, that would be great, but getting lucky just doesn&#039;t happen all that often, and takes patience... I&#039;d rather work on my set, slowly but surely, with my solid MS63&#039;s <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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