a slabbed chip. As a marketing tool to get 10 bucks for a $2 chip I consider deceitful and disgusting. Just as there is much value in numismatics in having a coin professionally graded and authenticated, however, it is quite possible that we may also have that need in the future. If rarities are going to sell in the $45,000 range, as was reported yesterday, then buyers have a right to receive what they think they are paying for. To establish some sort of ideological proscription to this is not only foolish but seems to be some form of thought control.