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Message:: [QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 2164343, member: 59677"]Yes, class shows... Couple years ago I was at ANA in Chicago talking to a dealer about something inexpensive like a Seated Liberty dime. The dealer sees somebody walking past, says "excuse me, I brought something for him to look at - he's a customer from Japan". I said sure and he called the gent over and pulled a PCGS slab from his pocket and gave it to the customer. We continued chatting while the other customer reviewed the coin. After a couple minutes the other customer hands in back saying "nice, but it's not for me. How much were you looking for it?" "75" "Thanks anyway". The dealer turns back to me and hands me the slab saying you have to look at this. A Morgan in PCGS and I realize it's not $75. MS68* and I realize it's not $75x100...  I'm nobody, a new collector having trouble deciding about a $55 Seated Dime and he's just handed me a $75,000 top pop coin. And then he proceeds to educate me, telling me what I should be looking for... I still don't collect Morgans, but at least I can recognize the high points of a nice example. Class is class.[/QUOTE]