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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1992011, member: 39084&quot;]This is an insight that wouldn&#039;t have occurred to me, and I think that it may be a major factor driving some of the price escalation of high quality Roman coins in the past year or two. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although I work with a very experienced dealer and have him ALWAYS evaluate a potential coin in person, there are many buyers of highly priced ancients who are not experienced nor experts, and simply rely on the auction house&#039;s catalog&#039;s description of the coin in lieu their own evaluation.&nbsp; A slabbed coin probably gives them even more comfort, misplaced though this comfort may be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t particularly like this trend...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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