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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4507666, member: 85693&quot;]Likes others have said, if a slabbed coin is worth considerably more than a raw one, I&#039;d leave it in the slab.&nbsp; Then I&#039;d try to resell it for a grossly inflated price and use the windfall to get stuff I can touch. </p><p><br /></p><p>But prices on slabs are so far outside of my budget that I have only this one - a Gordian III in an ICG slab for $13.88 off eBay.&nbsp; I&#039;ve left it in because it makes me feel like a &quot;serious&quot; collector to have a slab.&nbsp; That being said, I&#039;m not sure ICG slabs ancients any more, so I&#039;m not sure this enhances the value much, if at all.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1117245[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Gordian III&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(243-244 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust right. / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopia, wheel below throne.</p><p>RIC 144; RSC 98.</p><p>(? grams (ICG slab) / 23 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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