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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 165727, member: 5719&quot;]Further to the &quot;creating a monster&quot; or perhaps I should say future major league collector!&nbsp; I have to tell you all a further story about this show. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the dealers made a substantial contribution to the junior club and Thalia and I were among the folks sorting through it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After I took Thalia home from the show on Saturday I looked up a few of the world coins that were contributed in the Krause book and told her what the book said they were worth.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Her response was: &quot;What if they&#039;re slabbed?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I know the opinions on slabs are mixed, but I thought it was amazing that she would say something like that!&nbsp; Of course, I needed to explain what a slab was, and that it was important to know who did the slabbing; and when we went back to the show on Sunday morning I showed her a few slabs just so she could see what they were.&nbsp; There were some &quot;bargain closeouts&quot; on recent issue coins that were slabbed (probably priced lower than the cost of getting the slabbing done!) but I told her that when it was time to get one of those, we would want it to be a much older coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, the librarian at the school my two children attend saw the paper yesterday and is interested in displaying Thalia&#039;s Queen Elizabeth coin exhibit, so maybe we&#039;ll bring a few more people into the fold![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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