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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7324448, member: 97383&quot;]A.D. I have slabbed many high grade coins that I didn&#039;t want handled &amp; it&#039;s an excellent way to prevent coins from oxidizing as long as the slabs aren&#039;t exposed to excessive heat or long periods of direct sunlight. NGC has recently increased the price of slabbing ancient coins, so it would be pointless to get coins of low value slabbed. As other collectors have pointed out slabbed coins are usually easier to sell &amp; generally bring higher prices at auction. It is not impossible to take excellent photos of slabbed coins. All it takes is a good camera &amp; the correct lighting. All the photos below I took with a Cannon EOS Rebel XS camera, &amp; indirect sunlight.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1279862[/ATTACH] </p><p>If you don&#039;t want an image of the whole slab you can always trim the photos with good software &amp; combine the image of the slab insert with closeups of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279864[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279865[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279866[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279867[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279880[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279881[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If I buy a coin raw that I plan to get slabbed I&#039;ll take photos of the coin before sending it in &amp; when the coin is returned I&#039;ll combine my raw photos with the slab insert. That way you won&#039;t have to look at the prongs holding the coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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