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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 3298573, member: 19250&quot;]Coins are not an investment! And as a collector of over 50 years I can surely attest to that on a personal level.</p><p>There are several key dates if tracked over a few decades one would certainly realize that fact.</p><p>And as far as slabs&nbsp; being protection goes... they may offer&quot; You &quot; peace of mind,but they are not air tight, and damage can occur to a coin slabed just as it can to a raw coin.</p><p>Investments are stocks , bonds, bullion,and even cull silver coins for tneir melt value.</p><p>The point you missed in my statement was &quot;10 years&quot; ago 90% of my collection &quot;were raw&quot; over the last decade my collection has grown as well items have been sold or traded.</p><p>At present I&#039;m probably at 50% to 60/40 of raw to graded specimens.</p><p>Slabs have been busted out as well raw coins slabed.</p><p>But in the end I trust my eye and knowlege to make my purchases, only counting on the advise of others whom I trust who I consider to be on par with my experence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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