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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nathan B., post: 4575098, member: 112852&quot;]Except that it is a coin, just one in a slab.&nbsp; And whether or not a coin is in a holder doesn&#039;t change whether or not it is a commodity.&nbsp; Any coin you buy for more than the value of its metal is a collectible commodity.&nbsp; When you pay $100 or $1000 for a few grams of silver, you are buying a commodity, just like any other.&nbsp; Furthermore, nobody here is going to take their denarius or their drachm down to Costco to buy a microwave or a coffee-maker with their &quot;coin.&quot;&nbsp; (It would be funny if someone tried!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I believe that there is too much dogmatism surrounding this issue.&nbsp; If someone likes slabbed coins, they are free to slab their coins, or buy ones that are already slabbed.&nbsp; If someone doesn&#039;t, they can buy unslabbed coins or crack them open.&nbsp; In other words, a coin in a slab <i>for you </i>is a horror, whereas for <i>me, </i>it&#039;s possibly a blessing. And I am glad that we are each happy, because that is the point of the hobby after all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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