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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 2519767, member: 36230&quot;][USER=81515]@JeffsRealm[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate the clarification, sir; thank you.</p><p><br /></p><p>There may be countless reasons for why some prefer slabbed over OGP, or at least as many reasons as their are coins available, but a big part of it imo is marketing. This hobby is far from immune to the very same marketing we&#039;re targeted for in other circles. The TPGs, no matter how valuable of a service they can at times provide, do not exist for the benefit of the hobby or collector; they&#039;re businesses first and foremost, and as with any real business, they&#039;re in it for the money. The more they can make collectors think they need their services, even if with gimmicks or unnecessary holdering, the better off they are, especially when we consider the fact that the time comes when there simply isn&#039;t enough older coins in need of slabs to pay the bills. There&#039;s certainly nothing wrong with this, but the wise collector (or dealer or individual) needs to recognize this in order to use it in ways that will instead benefit them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other likely possibilities are the very human desire to have the &quot;best&quot;, even when something actually being the best is open to debate. There&#039;s also the likewise human desire for approval. A coin still residing in the OGP could be either one of the best examples produced or one of the worst, and in the eyes of regretfully many, the TPGs put this question to rest. Then there&#039;s the very regrettable fact that a sad number of collectors today simply cannot or will not do for themselves. They don&#039;t invest the time into leaning how to grade or any other necessary part of the hobby other than buying coins, and such people suit the TPG just fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on and on, but the point should be more clear now. It&#039;s up to each individual to decide for themselves what they&#039;ll like or enjoy the most, and if that&#039;s TPG plastic, so be it. That said, your feelings on original packaging are shared by many and who knows... in time may just prove to be correct.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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