Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prime Mover, post: 1654743, member: 38783&quot;]I don&#039;t see anything wrong with wanting to just collect coins, of any type, any condition, in their raw form.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also don&#039;t see anything wrong with wanting to slab a coin to protect it from further damage, or protect the basic value of the coin for the buyer/seller by certifying it as authentic.&nbsp; And I consider a &quot;slab&quot; any type of holder, be it a simple cardboard 2x2 all the way up to the TPG graded plastic, although arguably the TPG ones are much more rightly called slabs for purpose of this discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it necessary to grade/slab every coin? No, I don&#039;t think so. Is it a bad thing to grade/slab? Also no, I don&#039;t think so.&nbsp; I do think the TPG&#039;s provide a useful service with their grading/slabbing.&nbsp; I also do like the advice of &quot;buy the coin, not the slab&quot;, because if you can easily get too caught up in the number debate and &quot;perfect&quot; coins another saying will apply - &quot;a fool and his money are soon parted&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally like raw and graded, for different purposes.&nbsp; I like having albums with raw coins on the shelf to allow people to see them, and paw around with them.&nbsp; But, I also I want to be able to have a collection of nice well-defined, well-protected coin examples that have some sort of authenticity guarantee behind them, that I can pass on to future generations.&nbsp; I like the ability to have someone who&#039;s more knowledgeable than I give a more trusted opinion on the grading of a coin since for now I have not the ability to judge nor the time to learn that for myself.&nbsp; If that changes in the future, I may change my opinion on the value of the TPG services, who knows.</p><p><br /></p><p>So for now I buy both types, and just enjoy the whole of the collection, no matter how it&#039;s stored.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in