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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3102685, member: 39084&quot;]Being somewhat of an optimist, I currently don&#039;t see slabification as imminent or inevitable, but I do agree that if it does happen, it would change the hobby permanently for the worse, and relegate those of us who are actual collectors to an ever-dwindling minority.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be interesting to be able to track two statistics about those who purchase slabbed ancient coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>(1) How many of those collectors eventually break those coins out of the slabs?</p><p><br /></p><p>(2) Do those who keep the coin in the slab end up collecting more ancients, or do they end up with just a few and never really develop an interest in ancients?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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