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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 5201592, member: 26302&quot;]I like slabs for what they were supposed to be originally, a way of being able to handle a coin easily without fingerprints, a professional attesting to its genuineness, and their estimate of the grade. All three of these things added value to coin collecting. I do remember the &quot;bad old days&quot; of US coin collecting with dealers simply lying to customers about a coin&#039;s grade or problems, (though collectors should not spend serious money without educating themselves). I did not dislike slabs when they were introduced. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, when the TPGs started claiming their OWN grades, (PCGS MS63 is what we determine it to be), a major element was lost. The graders were no longer liable for bad grades, they simply changed it so that by definition whatever grade they assign is &quot;correct&quot;. Then, because these grades were on the slabs, tiny differences of what one company&#039;s opinion on a certain day of the grade became OVERLY important. Collectors started treating coins not as coins, but as numbers. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is when I lost interest in my US coins. I am too much of a hoarder to sell them, so still enjoy them some, but I moved on to ancients where we still talk about the coin IS, not arguing whether its a 55 or a 58, or a 64+ versus a 65. I have come back some, getting into colonial paper lately, but not interested in the game of US coins anymore. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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