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<p>[QUOTE="ctrl, post: 1364599, member: 13378"]Let's try to rephrase this in a non-controversial manner, because I think the wording of both sides makes it look like there is disagreement when there actually is not.</p><p><br /></p><p>A properly-graded slabbed coin marketed to a group of people (Group A) who either don't know how to grade properly, don't trust themselves yet, or don't trust the online photos of the coin should sell for exactly the same price as a raw coin marketed to a group of people who can grade it properly themselves (Group B). Since the size of Group A is much larger than Group B, slabbing simply facilitates the sale of the coin at the expected price in the larger market, especially online, which gives the effect of a higher price realized on average than otherwise, given the size differences of the groups.</p><p><br /></p><p>How's that?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ctrl, post: 1364599, member: 13378"]Let's try to rephrase this in a non-controversial manner, because I think the wording of both sides makes it look like there is disagreement when there actually is not. A properly-graded slabbed coin marketed to a group of people (Group A) who either don't know how to grade properly, don't trust themselves yet, or don't trust the online photos of the coin should sell for exactly the same price as a raw coin marketed to a group of people who can grade it properly themselves (Group B). Since the size of Group A is much larger than Group B, slabbing simply facilitates the sale of the coin at the expected price in the larger market, especially online, which gives the effect of a higher price realized on average than otherwise, given the size differences of the groups. How's that?[/QUOTE]
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