Does indifferent slabbing really matter? Last year I sold Gecko 20 misc. slabbed 1/4 Eagles, and the first thing he did was crack them out. TD
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<< <i>Common date slabbed MS69's have an absolute zero premium over raw.....basically its like the dealer is throwing in a fancy airtite for free. >>
At some rediculously high spot price one has to be prepared for possible counterfeits. At that time certified will be better than not certified. I would always choose certified over non-certified if I was paying no more for it.
<< <i>Common date slabbed MS69's have an absolute zero premium over raw.....basically its like the dealer is throwing in a fancy airtite for free. >>
At some rediculously high spot price one has to be prepared for possible counterfeits. At that time certified will be better than not certified. I would always choose certified over non-certified if I was paying no more for it. >>
Exactly. The cert is worth keeping them in the slabs.
Yeah, because there is no such thing as a fake slab.
If you need a GOLD eagle to be slabbed for you to confirm its authenticity, then I suggest that you have no business buying such coins in the first place. An old bust half? Ok. A foreign silver coin? Sure. An AGE? Really?
Edited to add further: If there were 100 gold eagle coins on a table, and 20 of them were counterfeit, and all were slabbed....I probably could not pick out all the fakes accurately. But if all 100 were raw, I guarantee I could sort the 20 fakes within 10 mins.
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<< <i>slabbed decent ~ Raw a little high. >>
Does indifferent slabbing really matter?
Last year I sold Gecko 20 misc. slabbed 1/4 Eagles, and the first thing he did was crack them out.
TD
<< <i>Common date slabbed MS69's have an absolute zero premium over raw.....basically its like the dealer is throwing in a fancy airtite for free. >>
At some rediculously high spot price one has to be prepared for possible counterfeits. At that time certified will be better than not certified. I would always choose certified over non-certified if I was paying no more for it.
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<< <i>Common date slabbed MS69's have an absolute zero premium over raw.....basically its like the dealer is throwing in a fancy airtite for free. >>
At some rediculously high spot price one has to be prepared for possible counterfeits. At that time certified will be better than not certified. I would always choose certified over non-certified if I was paying no more for it. >>
Exactly. The cert is worth keeping them in the slabs.
If you need a GOLD eagle to be slabbed for you to confirm its authenticity, then I suggest that you have no business buying such coins in the first place. An old bust half? Ok. A foreign silver coin? Sure. An AGE? Really?
Edited to add further: If there were 100 gold eagle coins on a table, and 20 of them were counterfeit, and all were slabbed....I probably could not pick out all the fakes accurately. But if all 100 were raw, I guarantee I could sort the 20 fakes within 10 mins.