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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1284742, member: 112&quot;]Brandon - </p><p><br /></p><p>All I can tell you is this. If you take slabbed coins to a knowledgeable dealer, or a knowledgeable collector, to sell them, they are going to ignore the slab because it is meaningless to them. And that&#039;s true not only of world coins but of US coins as well. They will ignore the slab completely and it will not add 1 cent of value to the coin. They will make you an offer on that slabbed coin that will be exactly the same as if the coin were raw. That is reality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I will agree with you that a coin being in a slab makes it easier to sell. It makes it easier to sell because it expands your buyer audience to include the people who do not have the knowledge to consider the coin on its own merits. But being in the slab doesn&#039;t add any value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if a coin being in a slab allows you to buy from strangers, even strangers with return policies, and that adds some value for you in the form of convenience, OK, have it your way.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for whatever it is worth, the people who I advise and help them to assemble their collections, I advise them to buy the slabbed coins. But not because it adds any value. I advise it because it adds a little bit extra security for them because they can&#039;t always identify a harshly cleaned coin once they get it in their hands.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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