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Message:: [QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5341566, member: 110350"]The last thing I want to do is get in one of those slab vs. no slab debates! So I'll just say that I've kept my coins (first British, now ancient) in trays for the last 35 years or so quite happily and without any mishaps. Perhaps if I had a large collection of valuable ancient, medieval, and early modern gold coins like you do, I might feel differently, because the risk if anything happened might be too high. (Although I once had a rather decent collection of British gold myself, going back to James I -- mostly just sovereigns and guineas and a few two-pound pieces, nothing spectacular. For the most part, I kept them in a safe deposit box until I had to sell almost all of them.  I wish I could have waited to sell them now instead of six or seven years ago, what with the price of gold these days!) But as for the Numerian, I've made my decision. He belongs with his brother and father, right next to them in their tray in the space I've left open for him. And I can't do that if he's in a slab! Most importantly, I am being 100% honest when I say that I absolutely cannot see any of the design of the coin through the plastic. Which sort of defeats the purpose of buying the coin. I might just as well have printed out the dealer's photo and put it on the wall! Again, a valuable gold coin might be different, because obviously gold is visible even in a slab. But this coin's gotta be free.[/QUOTE]