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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2685317, member: 15588&quot;]I love and hate both slabs and raws. Slabs at least give <i>some </i>measure of assurance that you&#039;re buying the real thing, but, as already said, fake slabs have also made their way into the wild. Slabs also take away the experience of actually holding a coin just as it would have been held historically. Raw coins give the full coin experience but they also make me worry about damaging them and knowing their legitimacy. I would very likely <i>never</i> buy a coin over $200 raw. Though I have in the past, what I&#039;ve learned about today&#039;s ominous and sometimes undetectable counterfeiting technology I would just hate to take the risk with that much money. Also, coins in slabs often have the much debated &quot;grade-flation.&quot; So, as the mantra goes, always buy the coin, not the slab. That said, I probably buy more raws than slabs, but for the pricier coins - and I <i>never</i> buy <i>really really</i> expensive coins - I almost always try to find them slabbed so I can sleep better at night. As long as the slab checks out, that is...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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