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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1786350, member: 15929&quot;]Slabbing is not for everyone but the TPG&#039;s do provide a valuable service in that a team (hopefully 3) of professionals evaluates the coin to determine authenticity and a relative (opinionated) grade of what the coins approximate value &quot;might&quot; be.</p><p>The coins are ten housed in a &quot;protective slab&quot; which almost guarantees that the coin will be &quot;as is&quot; for a very long time and NOT subject to hits, dings, scratches or &quot;after grading&quot; fingerprints.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some purists simply do not understand why folks don&#039;t want to &quot;hold&quot; their coins in their hands. Well, since I and many pothers like to concentrate on gem uncirculated examples, I would never consider &quot;holding&quot; or &quot;touching&quot; the coin(s) just to satisfy my urge to. I&#039;ve held plenty of BU 90% Silver coins as a kid so any desires to hear the ring of silver were satisfied a very long time ago. Besides, such things only lead to the possibility of damaging an otherwise valuable coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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