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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tommybee, post: 967737, member: 24999&quot;]I agree that you should buy the coin and not the slab, but TPG&#039;s also authenticate.&nbsp; The last thing I want to worry about is whether the double eagle I just paid 3k for is counterfeit.&nbsp; There are some high end dealers who have been fooled by some excellent fakes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, if you stick with PCGS and NGC graded coins they are much more liquid.&nbsp; If I&#039;m at a show I won&#039;t even look at a coin priced at more than 100 bucks if its not slabbed....and slabbed by PCGS or NGC.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Maybe other TPG are just as good, or better, than PCGS and NGC. However, the market doesn&#039;t think so.&nbsp; If I need to sell my coins PCGS and NGC slabs will make it happen faster and I&#039;ll get better prices. That&#039;s just the reality.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m at the point where when I&#039;m buying gold, not only does it have to be slabbed by PCGS or NGC, I will only buy from a dealer I know.&nbsp; Plus, that dealer must be able to tell me how he came about owning the coin.&nbsp; If he sent it in for grading himself I&#039;m 100% comfortable.&nbsp; If he didn&#039;t, there is still a risk that both the coin and slab are counterfeit. A good dealer will guarantee that their coins are genuine.&nbsp; That is, they&#039;ll buy them back if you find out their fakes.&nbsp; If I don&#039;t get that guarantee I don&#039;t buy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I will and do pay a premium to dealers I trust that can provide me with all of these things. It is well worth it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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