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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2280047, member: 76181&quot;]I went to a coin show yesterday. First one since I was probably 10 years old. I met collect89 and ancientnoob there (nice guys) It was pretty much US and World coins throughout with one person carrying ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two general observations. </p><p><br /></p><p>Modern collectors love those slabs. I got the impression their furniture at home is covered in plastic also. Maybe the wife/husband and kids too. I was surprised to see that a large portion of the ancients were also encased in that prophylactic coffin made of acrylic. The only thing those clear carbonite condoms were going to prevent, was somebody&#039;s enjoyment of their hobby. I had a real urge to start cracking open all those slabs. Like a PETA radical setting loose a bunch of rabbits in a Maybeline lab. No joke, it was annoying to see. </p><p><br /></p><p>Grades................modern collectors love their grades. As I looked upon tables covered in moderns, encased in their hardened straight jackets, I heard more talk about how my ms69 is certainly a 70 and that 70 you have can&#039;t be more than a 69.........etc.....or is that a cleaned coin? Forget a grade on that.......... Do you have a blah, blah, blah obv understrike date with a slight die shift on the reverse motto with a twist of lemon and splash of vermouth.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, it was fun, but I had to vent. </p><p><br /></p><p>God knows those coins can&#039;t vent........in those air proof sandwich slabs..............because it they did, they might lose a grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m done now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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