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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2471057, member: 77639&quot;]If&nbsp; you want uniformity of slabs, reholdering fees are very modest in comparison to the value of expensive coins.&nbsp; You would wind-up with two types of holders though, NGC and PCGS. </p><p><br /></p><p>Leaving them in a slab protects them quite well; however, slabs aren&#039;t guaranteed to be gas- and liquid-proof.&nbsp; A slabbed coin will always be considered authentic and the grade to be correct by the grading service, or they pay the difference.&nbsp; Yeah, there can be grade-flation that may lower the perceived value of the grade on the slab, but there will always be a floor.&nbsp; However, the coin itself rather than the slab may be what the market values.</p><p><br /></p><p>More than one coin has been damaged in the removal process.&nbsp; If you&#039;re going to do it, get some cheap slabs for practice first.&nbsp; Some of the techniques on the net are dangerous to coins (and some to collectors as well).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you remove it and then it&#039;s sent in for grading later, bad things can happen.&nbsp; It can come back in a slab with a lower grade or worse, in a bag, labeled counterfeit, damaged, etc.&nbsp; Not only can grading standards change over time, new types of counterfeits are uncovered and new means of detecting counterfeits and damage are being developed.</p><p><br /></p><p>You said the coins are expensive, which I assume to mean their value is high compared to your overall wealth.&nbsp; How much of a gambler are you?</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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