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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;baseball21, post: 2362699, member: 76863&quot;]Anytime you buy a basement slab you are cherry picking.&nbsp; 99 percent of the coins in basement slabs are there for a reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>New collectors would be wise to avoid the minefield of basement slabbers.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly, depends what it is.&nbsp; A key trade dollar yep I am passing 100 out of 100 times someone else can play that game, Seated Material which is my favorite no necessarily. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again this is for new collectors who yes they should pass on those until they have more experience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not at all which is quite evident why their holders of the same coin sell for ranges of prices instead of a flat fee. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again this is for new collectors to help them and minimize their risk.&nbsp; They absolutely should rely on PCGS/NGC/CAC to help them minimize their risk as they get a feel for things as they are first starting out.&nbsp; There is no reason for them to start playing in the numismatic minefields that even experienced collectors will get burned in.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And for the record there is no problem with my generation of collectors or any generation of collectors.&nbsp; Their collection isn&#039;t your collection nor are they collecting to please you.&nbsp; People will collect in the manner that makes them happy and as long as their collection makes them happy that is all that matters.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You have missed the entire point of this.&nbsp; This is for NEW collectors.&nbsp; Your advice to people collecting for decades and years has absolutely no baring on what to tell a brand new collector how they should proceed.&nbsp; Do whatever you want, you aren&#039;t the target audience.&nbsp; But when you go around telling new collectors to dive in with raw coins and basement slabbers you&#039;re costing them a lot of money[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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