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<p>[QUOTE="ycon, post: 4645877, member: 91771"]As a world and ancient coin collector--with a distaste for slabs (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/question-for-seasoned-slab-crackers.315436/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/question-for-seasoned-slab-crackers.315436/">I broke out the only one I've ever bought</a>)--I've read this post with interest. </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I would urge the OP, is that you might consider collecting non-american coins, especially ancient and non-modern world. You'll find a huge wealth of varieties from every point in history from the last 2500 or so years, and a market that for the most part does not care about slabs. With the exception of Heritage and Stacks, nearly every major world/ancient auction house deals primarily in raw coins and almost all of them (as well as any credible dealer on sites like vcoins and mashops) will offer guarantees on authenticity (which the TPG's won't even do for ancient coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>Most American ancient collectors I know started out collecting US coins. They moved to ancients for one reason or another--often times including a dislike of slabbing culture. I'm not here to get into an argument with anyone about slabs-- I understand why they exist and also that because they are so prevalent in US collecting there's really no way to get around them. But you might consider a collecting area where the norms are different. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the ancients section we would call this a *drive by* posting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ycon, post: 4645877, member: 91771"]As a world and ancient coin collector--with a distaste for slabs ([URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/question-for-seasoned-slab-crackers.315436/']I broke out the only one I've ever bought[/URL])--I've read this post with interest. One thing I would urge the OP, is that you might consider collecting non-american coins, especially ancient and non-modern world. You'll find a huge wealth of varieties from every point in history from the last 2500 or so years, and a market that for the most part does not care about slabs. With the exception of Heritage and Stacks, nearly every major world/ancient auction house deals primarily in raw coins and almost all of them (as well as any credible dealer on sites like vcoins and mashops) will offer guarantees on authenticity (which the TPG's won't even do for ancient coins). Most American ancient collectors I know started out collecting US coins. They moved to ancients for one reason or another--often times including a dislike of slabbing culture. I'm not here to get into an argument with anyone about slabs-- I understand why they exist and also that because they are so prevalent in US collecting there's really no way to get around them. But you might consider a collecting area where the norms are different. In the ancients section we would call this a *drive by* posting. ;)[/QUOTE]
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