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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 558938, member: 307&quot;]If the coins are the same date M/M and allegedly the same grade, then they are apples. To compare apples to oranges is to compare differing things, if you leave grading aside for argument&#039;s sake, these two things are the same.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I strongly disagree. If a raw coin truly grades XF-45 and a slabbed coin of the same date and M/M are compared, they should cost the same, it is the <i>perceived</i> value in the marketplace for the slab that makes it sell at a premium, NOT the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing said over and over here throughout the years is this: Buy the coin, not the slab. With all due respect, .900, I think you are doing exactly that. In your example the raw coin is overgraded and therefore NOT a fair comparison. If the slabbed coin was overgraded, I would expect to pay more for the raw coin, but if we want to compare slabs to raw, let&#039;s compare the same coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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