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Message:: [QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 628695, member: 19250"]Raw vs. Slab As a young colletor in the 60's ...... everything was raw! I understand that 3 rd party grading is a must in todays world. With registry sets, fakes, & conterfeits one needs to buy smart. However I came up in a time when holding a coin in your hand ,trading with friends,or at shows.....made this hobbie fun! You agreed or disagreed on a grade, you built a collection even if they were all just G/F grade in a Whitman penny folder made you feel like you really had something. " These were simpler times" I spent a many of silver nickels for candy or an ice cream cone. My mom gave me a nickel every day to spend at school for penny candy ......some of the ones I traded for sugar would be worth lots of $$$ today. I my self had a hard time excepting coins in slabs! I'll never buy a coin with a green sticker on it! Placing a coin in a slab ....and I do have slabed coins and belong to PCGS & NGC.....it like having a part of my childhood taken away...you may think silly.... but I remember simpler times...and wish those of you who were not a part of this time could only know watching TV on just 3 channels! Swapping coins on a Saturday afternoon club meet...... and licking a one scoop chocolate ripple cone that you just paid for with a buffalo nickel!    Stupid is as stupid does.... RUN FOREST RUN![/QUOTE]