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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KLJ, post: 157174, member: 1910&quot;]I went to a coin show yesterday.&nbsp; One of the dealers there was berating me (I didn&#039;t buy from him) for not having a certain rare coin I own slabbed.&nbsp; According to him, if it&#039;s a rare coin (rare along the lines of, for example, among others, my 1916D, 1921, 1921D Mercs, 1914 Barber half, and 1916S Walker half) he won&#039;t even look at it if it isn&#039;t slabbed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I understand that slabbing offers an extra bit of certainty, but to not even look at the coin?!?&nbsp; Why is it that when several dealers each with 40+ years of experience say in their opinion the coin is real, that&#039;s not good enough, but if in the opinion of a single grader (who has I don&#039;t know how many or few years experience) at any reputable grading company it&#039;s real, that is enough?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However did the numismatic community survive before graded slabs?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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