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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Moondog, post: 2179005, member: 74957&quot;]I admit, I did not read every single reply. However, I believe I read at least 3/4 of the replies. The common thread seems to be the regret in the &quot;perceived loss of value&quot; of coins broken from a slab. I also, admit that I have purchased slabbed coins and now have those &quot;cracked out&quot; and in my album/s. I have no regrets about &quot;cracking&quot; those slabs. The reason I began collecting coins in the 1st place was because of my interest in old coins. The true value is what I perceive it to be. I have coins over 100 years old that would grade 60-65, that I paid a relatively small amount for. I have much more recent coins, that do not grade so highly, that I paid a lot more for. However, my interest is in collecting the nicest coins I can afford, to complete my set/s.</p><p>As collectors, I&#039;m sure most of you realize that as an investment, a set will bring much more when sold as individual coins, rather than being sold as a complete set. However, I understand that trying to sell a complete set as individual coins could take a while. All that being said, I believe that too many collectors have forgotten why they began collecting in the 1st place. For the happiness it brings to the collector, not the investment value.</p><p>If I collected for the investment value, I couldn&#039;t care less what the coin (or anything else) looks like, as long as it brought a good return.</p><p>When I purchase a coin, it is not with the intention of buying that coin to turn a profit. I am not a coin dealer. My coins I collected because of my own interest, and the way it makes me feel to own a small piece of history. Not for the &quot;value&quot; someone else has placed on my coins.</p><p>Many times I have looked a old &quot;worn&quot; coin in my collection and let my imagination wander. Where has that coin been? How many people have touched that coin? What transactions has it been involved in? That&#039;s the &quot;REAL VALUE&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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