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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 6299113, member: 112&quot;]What&#039;s Better: Undergraded OGH/CAC or Higher-Graded Modern Holder ?</p><p><br /></p><p>The answer really depends on WHY you&#039;re buying the coin !</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the origin of the TPGs the mantra has always been - buy the coin not the slab. But it seems not everybody understands what that means. What it means is - completely ignore and forget about whatever it says on the slab. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time that mantra is flat out telling you that YOU have to grade the coin. And that presupposes that you have the ability to do that ! Problem is not everybody does. And THAT&#039;S why the vast majority of collectors DO buy the plastic and not the coin. Because they cannot grade the coin themselves. And that&#039;s what keeps the TPGs in business.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it, the WHY, is even more complicated than that. And the reason I say that is because there are numerous reasons for buying a coin. And it is those reasons that determine what you do and how you do it. For example, you could be buying the coin because you want it in your collection. Or you could be buying the coin because you wish to flip it, either as an individual or as a dealer. Or you might be buying the coin because you are playing the Registry game. Or you may simply be buying the coin because you wish to show it to everybody else and brag about it. Or you may be buying the coin purely because you like it - and no, that&#039;s not the same thing as wanting it in your collection. Or you could be buying the coin because you need it as hole filler in a set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now all of these things are different reasons and each reason has different thinking that goes along with determining how much that coin is worth to you, or not worth to you. And one cannot forget that emotion plays a part, sometimes a large part, in determining value.</p><p><br /></p><p>So when you ask - what&#039;s better ? - there&#039;s a lot to consider and think about. And that explains why there&#039;s so many different answers to what seems to be at first glance a rather simple and straightforward question. A question that is not simple and straightforward at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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