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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1869444, member: 27832&quot;]I may have found the coin in circulation, or (in my case) acquired it as part of a larger lot. I bid <i>very</i> low for coins that I&#039;m unsure about, and lose most of the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I go to sell one of these coins on (say) eBay, having it in an ANACS slab provides a reliable guarantee that it&#039;s authentic. Providing that guarantee encourages bidding from <i>other</i> people who &quot;shouldn&#039;t be buying raw coins&quot;, thus quite possibly increasing my realized prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>My prime candidate right now, unfortunately, isn&#039;t eligible for ANACS service. For some reason they, unlike NGC or PCGS, have stopped accepting holed coins for authentication. (It&#039;s a holed, engraved 1878-P Trade dollar, a proof-only issue. If it&#039;s authentic, as several dealers have said it probably is, it&#039;s still a valuable piece -- but <b>I</b> certainly wouldn&#039;t bid on it as an authentic coin if it weren&#039;t slabbed.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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