NGC Slabs....

That is very true...but Dansco albums cause coins to tone much faster than in the air. I have several Dansco albums (and I like their products) but I have noticed many of my silver coins developing colors after only a handful of years. I don't have any slabbed coins that have turned like that. I believe it's the chemicals found in the cardboard pages.

 

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point conceded. i was hasty in my response. however, no matter how vaild your point is, i am against slabs. coins survived for thousands of years without slabs... without "preservation" in plastic. just look at the number of "nice" (fine, very fine, extremely fine, etc.) roman and greek coins that survive and never saw the inside of a plastic tomb.

 

And all were cleaned along the way.

 

and a 1794 large cent was never cleaned? ever????????

cleaning, or "conservation" as ncs calls it, and harsh cleaning are very different.

 

I never said no other coin was cleaned...just merely stating the fact that your ancients in Danscos did not last without help.

 

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i never said they weren't cleaned. i don't debate the fact that they were. i know they were. however...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...00-silver-Roman-coins-discovered-in-Bath.html
they didn't require a plastic slab to survive 1000+ years. they also weren't in danscos. yet they survived.

will these coins be cleaned? i'm 100% sure they will. or as ncs calls it, they will be "conserved." and i'm sure some will be "protected" by plastic.

 

LOL of course those coins survived without a slab...if that's the way you want your coins to survive. Green and corroded. If they can last a 1000 years like that, just think what the right protection can do for them.

 

That is fine...to each is his own. I personally have submitted 3 coins to be slabbed. Two of them were family heirlooms which I wanted graded so I could access value. The third was an extremely rare foreign coin which I wanted graded. Neither of them were slabbed to be "preserved." Outside of those 3 examples...if I want a coin slabbed I buy it that way. But, I'm very picky with the coin...not the slab. For the most part, I personally don't care if the coin is slabbed or not.

 

What does the edge look like?

 

and plastic, a modern invention, (and i use modern loosely) is the right way? plastic isn't 200 years old. slabbing a coin isn't 50 years old. is slabbing in plastic the only way to protect a coin? i own coins that have never seen the inside of a slab. and they won't as long as i live. they also won't reside in a dansco. i have both ancient and usa coins. are you saying they are protected and won't be preserved for the next generation??

everyone is entitled to their opinion. i will not argue that. but don't tell me slabbing is the only way to protect and preserve a coin.

 

In the final analysis, the real value of slabbing a coin is realized when selling it. The plastic slab and by extension the guarantee of authenticity, make the coin a much more liquid investment which will more than pay for itself in higher prices realized once "liquidated". Why would someone pay more than for a raw coin? Simple. Risk management. A coin slabbed by NGC or PCGS is a much less risky investment than a raw coin. Part of that is the result of extensive counterfeiting of coins, and part of that is the inability of many collectors/investors to confidently authenticate a coin on their own. Slabbed coins eliminate much of this risk, and part of the higher price realized can be viewed as an insurance premium protecting the buyer from fraud. For certain, there are plenty of collectors who can grade and authenticate on their own. But without the independence and autonomy of a 3rd party, why would the average collector trust your judgement when you sell it? Especially if the same coin is typically available graded and authenticated by NGC or PCGS?