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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ranchhand, post: 158652, member: 2622&quot;]I like slabs myself, i also like raw coins. I have gotten a lot of good deals on raw coins that have come back high grade...</p><p><br /></p><p>here is a good way of looking at it: If you know how to grade you will have a leg up on the people that do not, even when purchasing slabbed coins. A good grader can look at a slabbed coin and tell if its PQ or under graded, I have done this several times.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will also admit that i have gone the other way, I have a 1934 peace dollar that i was sure was unc. came back AU-58. Still a nice coin for a tough date. I also have a Morgan that came back &quot;altered surfaces&quot; from NGC. I would still consider that a good thing, because i learned from it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On a related topic, i think it would be cool if you could purchase a &quot;grading set&quot; form ngc, say common date mercs. in a multi-coin slab, with a good examples of good to MS64 or so as a learning tool.</p><p>I guess you could build a set yourself, but man it could get expensive! Having it already done would be really cool... It would be a good money maker for NGC as well as a valuable teaching tool... kind of like a companion to the grading books or photograde. Just a thought. I would buy it if the price was reasonable...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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