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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3553493, member: 19463&quot;]This is simple.&nbsp; Slabs are aimed at new collectors making the move from modern coins where AU is faulty and VF is shameful.&nbsp; If a dealer has 100 slabs in a case ranging from VF to MS, the MS coins will attract views from many more new collectors while the VF&#039;s are more likely seen only by Mike and the crackers who have discovered that the lower grade coins do not carry the &#039;slab tax&#039; found on the MS coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have not seen this on NGC slabs but I have seen a few thicker bronzes making a good effort to free themselves from off brand slabs when a thick coin was forced into a thin slab.&nbsp; I recall one that removed itself from a cheap slab with the help of the Postal Service.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad they don&#039;t slab giant hunks but it would be fun to see a video of Mike throwing it on the concrete yelling, &quot;Aes, free thyself.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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