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Message:: [QUOTE="Arizona Jack, post: 311798, member: 9308"]Generally not in case of the educated and knowledgable buyer. I have seen it go both ways. On key dates, it certainly makes the AVERAGE buyer feel safer, especially on more commonly faked dates. This may not make the coin more valuable, however it is easier to sell/command "book " price. Now look at State Quarters for example. You can buy a silverproof set for $20, and get all 5 silver proof quarters for that year, probably in a 69DCam, but to buy that same 5 quarters in a 69DCAM slab, you'll be paying triple that. Are the coins worth more? Nope, they just cost more. Then , lets go way of the shyster. We have an X member who's MO is to buy slabbed coins and remove them, only to sell for 2-3X what they were worth slabbed. This is only the case with problem coins such as cleaned, damaged etc. On one ebay account buy it ANACS cleaned for $500, crack it out, sell on other account raw for $1200. Just happened last week. Same coin. Over and over and over, great way to make a buck in coins, huh?   EDIT: I might add that I am building a set of 66RD Lincolns, and yes, I have paid extra for the plastic. The TPG's will not allow you to enter a coin into a registry set unless it is slabbed, and 1 TPG only allows their slab ( guess who, the collectors friend )[/QUOTE]