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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1672377, member: 11854&quot;]<i>&quot;P.S.S. in the end, if, as stated by many prominent CoinTalk members to &quot;Buy the coin and not the slab,&quot; truly does hold merit.... Then if you have a raw coin (purchased or inherited) that you see as a &quot;Slab-Worthy&quot; coin, what difference does it really make what Top-3 TPG you send it into for grading-slabbing-preservation??? They all have guarantee&#039;s and hardly ever; if not, NEVER slab non-genuine coins.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>You make some very nice points and write them out well (after editing to add more and put in paragraphs).:devil:</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I have taken a quote from your post and want to point out what <i>many folks </i> forget when they repeat the mantra.&nbsp; That is, of course it is of paramount importance to buy the coin and not the holder; but one should not ignore that what <i>surrounds the coin </i> (the slab with grade) will dictate to a certain percentage how the market perceives the coin.&nbsp; This market perception is simply a reflection of the reality where we play and may help to determine value and liquidity.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You also have no plans on selling your coins for at least 30-years and I have two comments to make about that.&nbsp; The first is that I <i>strongly believe </i> that collectors should sell portions of their collections from time-to-time in order to learn how easy certain pieces move within the market, to learn how to present a coin for sale and to see just what type of return they may realize in the event of sale.&nbsp; This may be thought of as a dress rehearsal.&nbsp; Additionally, there are times when some of us are hit with emergency expenses, which are called &quot;emergency&quot; expenses because they are unplanned and/or they drain our other resources.&nbsp; In an emergency expense scenario there may not be time to carefully cross any coin that you may want to get into a PCGS holder in order to maximize the sales price just as their may not be time to market coins at a <i>fair </i> price in a holder that has somewhat less market liquidity.&nbsp; In this case you may realize less, perhaps substantially less, upon sale simply due to the flavor of the holder.&nbsp; Lastly, if you pass on and these coins go to someone who does not have your experience then they may not be armed as well upon sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Truly, I can imagine many folks thinking I am all doom-and-gloom, but I prefer to think that one might be able to prepare to a certain degree for possible scenarios.&nbsp; ANACS holders might be the <i>perfect solution </i> for you, but for others they may see the possible lower initial investment for certification without thinking about how this may impact future value, liquidity or protection.&nbsp; On average, I have seen more collectors use ANACS because of lower certification costs than for other reasons, which has dictated how I answer the <i>average </i> or typical scenario.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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