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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2272962, member: 76086&quot;]Ah slabs.&nbsp; As far as I know there are no ancient dealers who like them (though I do know there are some who have gone to the &#039;Dark Side&#039; as a matter of economics).&nbsp; In the beginning slabs had no bearing on the ancient market.&nbsp; Now they are becoming more prevalent.&nbsp; It has come to the point where the big US dealers (Heritage is the one who is spearheading the idea) are promoting slabbed ancients.&nbsp; Ancient collectors dont add any value to slabs, but non-ancient collectors do.&nbsp; They are happy to pay a few hundred dollars for a $50 coin because it is slabbed (looking at Heritage I see even $25 coins selling at that level).&nbsp; BUT, they will never get their money back in their lifetime, but I suppose they dont care.&nbsp; Its what they know.&nbsp; Anyway, I myself do handle a few slabbed ancients, but only when they come in as part of a collection.&nbsp; I have never slabbed one and never will.&nbsp; BUT, if a coin comes to me slabbed I leave it alone and just pass it on.&nbsp; The collector can break it out if they want, and I suspect many do just that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ken[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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