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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1975843, member: 15445&quot;]I only have one silver proof ASE in a slab.&nbsp; It was offered at a VERY fair price and I thought it was pretty.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It came with a cute wooden box and is suposedly a PF70:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]351298[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A well known member at CT (Doug Smith) recently mentioned that some ancient silver is surprisingly pure like the modern refined silver bullion coins.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #ff4d4d">Because of the purity, they are much softer than USA 90% or sterling coins that we are familiar with handling.</span></b>&nbsp; (Of course, this can hold true for both alloyed silver and alloyed gold).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The slab provides protection of the soft metal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The slab may provide some additional assurance that the piece is genuine.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The slab may provide more liquidity.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>IMO, the slab may provide some added value based upon these added benefits (or are these benefits free or countered by some negative slab issues?).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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