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Old NGC slabbed coin, undergraded by more than 60 points and I can't WAIT to remove the sticker!
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I actually called the number only to realize it's basically a scam. And that's why the sticker is going bye-bye!
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Ruffco was an Orem, Utah company.
https://www.deseret.com/1991/7/4/18929276/4-5-million-in-gold-silver-missing-from-orem-s-ruff-financial/
That's a sample slab that has no grade, so it can't be undergraded. Some sample/slab collectors may actually want the RUFFCO sticker so I wouldn't remove it, but it's your coin so do as you wish.
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Ruffco was a company started by Howard Ruff in probably the 1970s or 1980s he had a newsletter that was very popular. So I think the point of the slab and sticker was more about hard money than numismatics. The coin is not graded because it's a sample, and my guess is it's worth more with the sticker on the slab than without it.
who has two thumbs and dialed that number, this guy
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That sticker actually makes an otherwise boring slab a lot more interesting. As others have pointed out, that sticker actually makes it more desirable to many slab collectors.
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I wouldn't remove the sticker.
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Hey guys, thanks for the feedback! Upon further review of your excellent advice, I have decided to leave the sticker intact.
And if you call that number.... well, it's almost ridiculous what their robot-recordings are trying to sell you.
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In forty years, that number has gone through many hands.
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I'm just curious what are they trying to sell you?
Is this company started by Jerome K. Ruffin from another thread here? That family are big time scammers!
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/314419/more-info-on-ruffin-scammers#latest
Interesting slab, I’m glad you did not pull the sticker off.
It is more interesting as it originally was found.
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