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Message:: [QUOTE="Smojo, post: 2523422, member: 78058"]I've only 1 ancient in a slab, bought it that way. While I've amassed  a decent amount of ancient coins the past few months. I'm proud to say none of them are in slabs & while I own them never will be.While I agree with [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] 100% and don't see her as being hypocritical. I would hope more collectors would see it the way she does.As long as there's a few dollars to make big business isn't going to stop. If that's the way you want to spend your money though, that's on you. Part of what I love about living in a place your free to make your own decisions. As long as it doesn't draw the attention of my newer fascination to the vision of big business who am I to say what you can or can't do? But if and when it does as TIF says it might it then affects me. Then I may speak more of how I disagree with slabbing. I do however have several modern coin's slabbed. Again I bought them that way and intended to. It's a different market and should remain that way.I don't believe that I will ever send a coin to be graded. If I do rest assured it will not be an ancient, for all the reasons already mentioned. I do think it's an admirable thing the OP is doing, giving away coins to others who may have never thought about buying coins. His heart is in the right place. But I also agree the ideas of purchasing open able slabs a better alternative that a TPG any day[/QUOTE]