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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7321640, member: 110226&quot;]Coins generally don&#039;t change much within our lifetimes, unless they are subjected to tooling or other forms of physical alteration.&nbsp; Other factors such as such as mode of storage, can, over time, cause superficial changes such as toning (not necessarily undesirable). </p><p><br /></p><p>Slabs are useful with respect to selling a particular coin.&nbsp; There seems to be a preference for slabbed coins, common, scarce or rare, on the part of much of the coin collecting public.&nbsp; Also, the guarantee of authenticity by slabbing company is a selling point, especially on eBay, a venue rife with fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess a secondary advantage to putting a coin into a slab is that it is protected from mishandling by a klutz such as myself.&nbsp; Whenever I handle a coin these days I really worry about dropping it, which is not a big deal in a house with mostly carpeted floors, but my house is mostly tile floors, so when I am photographing coins I need to be extra careful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, photographing coins in slabs can be a challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Virtually all of my coins are in 2 x 2 safety flips.&nbsp; They seem happy in them and access is easy for photographing or just enjoying and handling them, minus the klutz factor, of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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