2008 ASE With 2007 Error

For some reason I don't really understand, the slabbed ones
bring way more than govt packaged. I know the slab makes folks
feel 'warm and fuzzy' about what they are buying, but geez...

I think it is probably a case of people wanting to purchase one yet they do not want to do their due diligence and actually learn the diagnostic differences between a 2007 and 2008 reverse. They just throw their money down on a slab even though a mediocre picture will provide enough detail to determine the difference between the two which is quite obvious to me at least(main PUP is the lack of a tail on the U in UNITED along with a few other less obvious styling differences)

I have no problem with slabbing this coin per say, but to have a $100+ or so price differential is kind of ridiculous for something that is easy to see. If it was a variety that required magnification to see, then I can see the justification of the price difference because people would not want to take a chance on a coin if they cannot see the design difference in smallish pictures. I liken this to people only buying coins in slabs because they are too lazy to learn how to properly grade. I am not talking about the difference between MS65 and MS66, more like the difference between VF and EF that anyone should be able to determine for most coins. The slab is simply a lazy learning crutch in this case, not an assurance of the variety and grade.

biokemist-

I opted to put it up for sale here at the CCF. Mine aren't slabbed but I imagine if I did send them out they would command a much higher premium.

But you're right, I don't think it's right for the slabbed versions of these coins to be getting so much more money than raw in the blue box.

I'm no pro but I'd imagine most people can look at these coins a realize these are nearly flawless... People shouldn't be making 100 bucks off of a 30 dollar service.

But then again HSN has these for upwards of $1000 so... maybe we're missing something