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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2540658, member: 19463&quot;]This is what we &#039;hate&#039; about slabs.&nbsp; People with more money than sense are willing to pay sellers who know nothing about the coins they sell a steep premium because they got the idea that being placed in a plastic holder made the coins better than the same coins before they went in.&nbsp; I have great respect for the two gentlemen who work for NGC but they are not the ONLY people out there with a clue.&nbsp; They are just the ones whose work can be marketed by people willing to lie to well funded beginners unwilling to do the research to separate knowledgeable sources from those who are destructive to the hobby.&nbsp; There is nothing wrong with you sending your coin to NGC and getting it slabbed if you really like those cases and are comforted by the plastic but the &quot;full retail overpriced by thousands&quot; are not overpriced because there are people out there waiving money around like it means nothing to them who have been told that the slabs are the only way to go.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A relative wise dealer in our hobby suggests we either know the coin or know the dealer.&nbsp; That goes for coins in or out of fancy holders.&nbsp; Those who desire to buy expensive and popular coins before they have studied the subject for a few decades are strongly advised to know the seller.&nbsp; If you want to buy a denarius for a reasonable but not bargain price, you could employ the services of a dealer who would find one for you and guarantee it would slab as genuine (or, since they don&#039;t guarantee that ancients are genuine when slabbed, at least not come back as fake).&nbsp; Would you pay thousands extra?&nbsp; Possibly, you would pay a service fee, but you would gain a value of thousands in the contact and the ability obtain &#039;Big Dog&#039; coins without leaving the porch for your future outings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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