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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insomniac, post: 789025, member: 21995&quot;]Slabs aren&#039;t about investing (for most, I hope, anyway); it&#039;s about making sure you aren&#039;t getting ripped off. Yes, slabbed coins drive premiums, but for people who aren&#039;t experienced graders, seeing a high grade from a company like PCGS or NGC can provide assurance that the coin is as good as it claims to be, and that it is real. Counterfeiting is also rampant in certain series, and the professionals working at the top tier companies can weed out the fakes with aplomb. Slabs are about enjoying the hobby safely. That said, if you are buying the coin, and not the slab, then it shouldn&#039;t matter what the slab says, and in that sense, it is no different than buying a coin in a cardboard 2x2. Like it or not, TPGs are a part of the hobby now, and their influence seems only to grow.</p><p><br /></p><p>This seems to me to be a romanticized view of things; I see no reason why buyers/sellers dealing in slabs can&#039;t become friends, after all, it is not as though they don&#039;t share a common interest. It&#039;s a change, yes, but not a perversion of the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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