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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 4198431, member: 27832&quot;]I suppose you could take the alternative view: if the coin is worth one cent face value, and slabbing it costs $35 all-in, then it <i>must</i> be worth <i>at least</i> $35.01 in the slab. Difficulty: very, very few people share that view, so you&#039;ll have a very hard time ever getting that $35.01 out of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Counterexample: an abused proof Trade dollar I once got as part of a lot. I assumed it was fake, but I showed it to a couple of people who thought it might be real. I eventually submitted it to PCGS through a dealer here. It came back in a slab -- damaged, XF45 details, but genuine. Without the slab, I&#039;d gotten offers in-hand as high as $200 or so. With the slab, it went for $700 on eBay, more than half the market value of a problem-free example. (To be fair, that <i>did</i> include shipping!)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, slabbing isn&#039;t <i>necessarily</i> a joke, but you do have to be at least a little selective in what you submit, or else (as [USER=36248]@geekpryde[/USER] said) rely on probability and large numbers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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