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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 314446, member: 6370&quot;]I thought bone was referring to this statement...calling them gifted...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Any dealer will, most likely, be all for TPGs as it gives them a reason to charge more...The sucker is the collector who has decided to buy into it and let others do what any collector can learn to do for himself. The person who said this statement above who seems like more of a cheerleader for TPGs also said this:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>so certainly the slabs are working for him as he flips...not that I know anyone who would pay extra for a slabbed ancient <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This was in a thread with this gem:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/AnemicOak/slabbed.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>and this is not as uncommon as you think, I cant say how many times I have seen a misattributed ancient in a slab...If they cant attribute them...how could they ever say with any confidence if it is genuine!! I wonder if Mr. Martin, that star of TPGing, had anything to do with this insanely misattributed coin. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A slab gives me NO extra confidence thus it warrants no extra money. Why pay other collectors to do what you as a collector can do yourself with just a little time and effort? Isnt that what collecting is all about? learning? Why send my coin out to be slabbed, attributed and graded? half the fun is doing all this yourself...and as a hobby, I am not reselling hoping to flip a coin to eek a bit more money for an already high priced item...so it just doesnt have any use at all to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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