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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 193381, member: 6036"]I understand your concern, smullen, but I wouldn't worry. The vast, overwhelming majority want "In God We Trust" on our coins. It has been there since 1864 and will not go away.  We know where we came from, and we know what the Founding Fathers meant when they talked about "being endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights". There is a concern relating to TPGs. All existing holders for worthy TPGs (PCGS, NGC, ANACS, and ICG) preclude viewing the edge. That is bad enough for obscuring the nation's mottos. But for numismatic purposes, it is imperative to see the date and mint mark. ICG is coming out with a new method of holding the coin. Rather than have a soft plastic gasket contacting the coin, they have a prong arrangement which enables viewers to see the edge of encapsulated coins. If that works well on these inexpensive pieces, perhaps a similar idea will catch on for many rare issues with distinctive edge varieties. There are many 18th century US pieces (large cents, etc) - as well as some of the early 20th century gold - whose edge signature contributes significantly to rarity,  particularly for specialists.[/QUOTE]