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<p>[QUOTE="KeyHunter, post: 24697524, member: 122558"]I've had this love/hate/revile relationship with slabbing for decades.</p><p>It depends on the coin. Low mintage, key date; collecting to impress or resale or for self. Early modern silver in high(est) grades I can see slabbing. Contemporary silver where HIGHest grade is common as spit or payola (don't get me started)...well, IF you're working a complete high grade series set you've already paid the piper so suck it up. I have a complete set of China Panda gold I was missing some recent high mintage year dates due to restricted imports and I was only able to obtain them slabbed (vs usual mint packaging). REST of the historic series (including lowest mintage key dates) is OMP...original mint packaging so the modern bullion outliers I'll likely break OUT of the slab and place into Lighthouse Quadrum 2x2's for set continuity vs add a different "slab holder page" to the binder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KeyHunter, post: 24697524, member: 122558"]I've had this love/hate/revile relationship with slabbing for decades. It depends on the coin. Low mintage, key date; collecting to impress or resale or for self. Early modern silver in high(est) grades I can see slabbing. Contemporary silver where HIGHest grade is common as spit or payola (don't get me started)...well, IF you're working a complete high grade series set you've already paid the piper so suck it up. I have a complete set of China Panda gold I was missing some recent high mintage year dates due to restricted imports and I was only able to obtain them slabbed (vs usual mint packaging). REST of the historic series (including lowest mintage key dates) is OMP...original mint packaging so the modern bullion outliers I'll likely break OUT of the slab and place into Lighthouse Quadrum 2x2's for set continuity vs add a different "slab holder page" to the binder.[/QUOTE]
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