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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2405068, member: 46237&quot;]I know how to grade and am just as comfortable buying raw as I am buying slabbed (I buy the coins for the coins). Having said that, I prefer slabbed coins. They protect the coins and make them easy to examine and to show. They make the coins much easier for loved ones to identify (matching serial numbers against your price list). They also provide assurance of authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>More importantly, they make internet sales much easier. Even great photos can only convey so much compared to viewing a coin in hand. If you&#039;re shelling out 4 figures for a coin in an internet auction, especially for something like an upgrade where minor grade differences can matter more, you&#039;re going to feel a lot safer knowing a third party you trust has graded and authenticated the coin. In the age of online transactions, slabbing is very important to getting top dollar for your sales and making high value sales viable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve spoken to some dealers who talk of customers seeing a coin they like at a price they like but refusing to buy it because it is slabbed, especially in the world coin market. This is just nonsense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there coins out there that have been slabbed for no good reason? Absolutely. Are there collectors/investors out there who buy slabbed coins without knowledge? Absolutely. But slabs provide enough clear benefits that no-one should turn down a coin simply because it is slabbed. Buy the coin, not the holder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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