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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dimedude1, post: 471217, member: 14926&quot;]I will purchase either, but for more expensive coins, I prefer slabbed.&nbsp; However, you have to examine the coin well, slabbed or unslabed.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Five years ago, I bought an NGC MS63 commem that had good eye appeal, but after more review, there are very distracting marks on the center.&nbsp; At that time it didn&#039;t bother me, and my mentality was &quot;it&#039;s a MS63 graded by NGC&quot; and this thought for me was more or less the holy grail.&nbsp; After more wisdom, I would not have bought it. No big deal, so I learned a little from this experience.&nbsp; Now I inspect any coin based I may purchase based on chapter 2 in Bower&#039;s buyer&#039;s guide book.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But there are many who are passionate about strictly buying raw coins.&nbsp; I think slabbed coins are imperative especially for those that are often counterfeit.&nbsp; A Lincoln Cent 1909-S VDB and 1914-D are good examples.&nbsp; The 1916-D Mercury dime is an excellent example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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