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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2599718, member: 39084&quot;]While I agree that Heritage&#039;s recent decision to sell only slabbed coins is unfortunate, I wouldn&#039;t totally eliminate them from consideration for your purchases.&nbsp; Occasionally a hidden gem can be found among the slabbed coins -- a coin that has been overlooked because the slab prevents a really good examination of the coin&#039;s condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Sallent notes, you don&#039;t want to spend $100 for a slabbed coin when a coin in similar condition can be found unslabbed for half the price.&nbsp; But if you have the opportunity to examine the slabbed Heritage coin in person, you might find it has features that other similar types don&#039;t have, and that would make it worthwhile to purchase it and break it out of the slab.&nbsp; This happened to me recently when my dealer saw a Hadrian travel aureus that was not well presented in the slab but was in fact much better than the catalog and online pictures indicated.&nbsp; I ended up with it at (what I consider to be) a bargain price.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a thread on that coin, with slabbed/unslabbed pictures: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-aureus-a-makeover.284246/#post-2526632" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-aureus-a-makeover.284246/#post-2526632">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-aureus-a-makeover.284246/#post-2526632</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a bigger issue with Heritage&#039;s recent shift in orientation: their willingness to overlook obvious tooling and re-engraving in their descriptions of coins they auction.&nbsp; This is a significant dereliction of professional responsibility (in my opinion) and has made me very wary of the coins they list in their auctions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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