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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 444005, member: 6036"]Let's say someone protects the slab with a little zip loc. It's easy to replace the zip loc, hard to replace the slab. There is a driving force to protect the holder... the fact that a scratched holder detracts from enjoying the coin PLUS it's hard to replace a slab. There is no driving force to protecting the little zip loc which protects the slab, so there's no reason to think anyone would go any farther than that... the zip loc. It's not a "slippery slope".  I'm with ya on both counts. I think slabs do a great job protecting coins. But a scratched slab can really detract from enjoying the coin. This is particularly true with very high grade coins, which some folks feel are the most beautiful. It's really true with proofs. Scratched slabs make it difficult to evaluate photos of coins... hard to say where the damage is. I have some noce coins which could benefit from a new slab, but it's a pain, so I haven't bothered. It doesn't seem so unreasonable to protect the slab. My storage protects 'em, so I don't worry too much.  Also, slabs have a raised rim, which protects the fields to some degree... just like the rim of a coin.[/QUOTE]