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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8516206, member: 26430"]If you're only going to have a few ancient coins, this is a great choice! Personally, I don't send coins in to be slabbed (I have once or twice when selling a coin), but when I receive slabbed coins, I usually leave them in until I have a need to remove them for photography, measurements, etc. (often forever). I think they're perfectly reasonable as long as you don't feel the need to take the coin out. They do their job of protecting very well, and if nothing else, I think they're good for helping keep track of what a coin is and where it was bought (the NGC # will always be searchable to that auction). My newest coin (just paid, not yet received) is an interesting Provincial Caracalla from Ariassus in Pisidia. I like this one for the young portrait which shows a very distinct smile. Quite an extreme contrast from the scowling Caracalla we're used to seeing, especially on his later Roman Imperial Coinage. (I know [USER=91820]@Blake Davis[/USER] collects Imperials, but thought I'd let you know of this Caracalla, too.) [ATTACH=full]1505852[/ATTACH] I also like the photograph that Frank Kovacs took for the 1985 book on the H. C. Lindgren (1914-2005) Collection, illustrating this coin as No. 1264. Caracalla looks absolutely maniacal there: [ATTACH=full]1505853[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]