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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4813379, member: 10461&quot;]It has its pluses and minuses.&nbsp; It is certainly not practiced by the majority of collectors of Ancients, who are a staunchly traditionalist and scholarly lot who prefer to hold their pieces in hand.&nbsp; They&#039;re not unlike the EAC (Early American Coppers) folk in that regard.</p><p><br /></p><p>But obviously if you&#039;re doing the Box of 20, you&#039;re doing slabs.&nbsp; So if you want a coin slabbed, <i>slab it</i>, and don&#039;t let the barking and baying of the hounds of opposition distract you.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Or </i>you could get some of those do-it-yourself slab-style <a href="https://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/lighthouse-everslab-slab-style-holder-36mm-pack-of-5.html?atrkid=V3ADW4095EC2F_37038914585_pla-274960019238__165967469906_g_c_pla__&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzJbpiZjC6wIVr4VaBR27xAMfEAQYAiABEgJglvD_BwE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/lighthouse-everslab-slab-style-holder-36mm-pack-of-5.html?atrkid=V3ADW4095EC2F_37038914585_pla-274960019238__165967469906_g_c_pla__&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzJbpiZjC6wIVr4VaBR27xAMfEAQYAiABEgJglvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">holders</a>, which can be opened and closed at will.&nbsp; A coin in one of those holders can be displayed in a slab box without having to be expensively certified by a third-party grading company.&nbsp; Those holders make it easier to combine raw and slabbed coins in a collection, and display them together consistently.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though a former Box of 20 collector, I have kept to the eclectic, &quot;anything goes&quot; freestyle aspect of the B20, and I slab my ancients because the rest of the collection is slabbed.&nbsp; But if I collected <i>only</i> ancients, I probably wouldn&#039;t slab them.&nbsp; (Though slabbing does offer <i>some</i> benefits.&nbsp; It&#039;s a mixed bag.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with your collection.&nbsp; I love to see people do the Box of 20 - or a good type set.&nbsp; Variety is the spice of life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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