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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PersianGuy, post: 558948, member: 17820&quot;]Actually this is not quite true. A service has been paid for and performed, whether you see the need for it or not, an appraisal of sorts.</p><p>There is added value, perhaps not to you who is confident in his grading skills enough to identify the coin&#039;s grade without doubt.&nbsp; However, having the PCGS (for example) slab does allow those of us who are not completely proficient (and secure enough) in these matters to <i>have</i> the security that the coin is genuine and of a grade which has been verified by at least 3 experts. <i>That</i> is the added value.&nbsp; I would venture to guess there are a lot more of us in the general coin collecting world than there are of you. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll pay more for a slab any day, and if you check around, so will heaps of&nbsp; other people.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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