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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1177008, member: 26302&quot;]Many areas of numismatics where there is a more, maybe &quot;academic&quot; approach to collecting do not like slabs. Slabs are fine for high grade coins, or where a tiny bit of grade can matter, or if someone wants the security of the guarantee. Large cents, like colonial coppers, ancient coins, medieval coins, is more based on study, weighing, etc where we want access to the coin itself. They are areas where more study is required, therefor more knowledgable collectors who do not need TPG verification or grade opinion, so a slab is not desirable.</p><p><br /></p><p>For ancients, my area now, weight, edge details, flan preparation, all need to be studied and I do not want the coin locked away in plastic preventing me from this. While I respect who is grading ancients at NGC now, I still have no need to pay a fee for him to give his opinion and lock my coin away from me.</p><p><br /></p><p>For these areas, slabs are really for novice collectors who aren&#039;t as advanced as others and need the safety of a TPG slab. I have told friends their graduation from being a novice is the day they crack open their first ancient slab. I don&#039;t HATE TPG slabs, but in my field, and other fields I have described, I do not feel that they add value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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