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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 2821658, member: 44357"]I use the same slabs as [USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] and have had great success with them. I have no fear of cabinet friction when pulling my coins out to view and I find myself looking at both sides far more often as there is zero chance of dropping or otherwise harming a coin when flipping it over.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still take them out to handle "in the flesh" and not all coins fit in a QuickSlab (dekadrachms, medallions, some tetradrachms, and most electrum staters are too thick). But, it allows the majority of my collection to be stored the same way and in inert packaging which doesn't break or snap (like Saflips).</p><p><br /></p><p>With thousands of coins, this would be a problem but as I generally hover around 100, they're easy to store in the blue PCGS boxes which fit 20 each. It also makes it easier to share as a full, cohesive story can be told and stored in sequence with each coin handed out one at a time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 2821658, member: 44357"]I use the same slabs as [USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] and have had great success with them. I have no fear of cabinet friction when pulling my coins out to view and I find myself looking at both sides far more often as there is zero chance of dropping or otherwise harming a coin when flipping it over. I still take them out to handle "in the flesh" and not all coins fit in a QuickSlab (dekadrachms, medallions, some tetradrachms, and most electrum staters are too thick). But, it allows the majority of my collection to be stored the same way and in inert packaging which doesn't break or snap (like Saflips). With thousands of coins, this would be a problem but as I generally hover around 100, they're easy to store in the blue PCGS boxes which fit 20 each. It also makes it easier to share as a full, cohesive story can be told and stored in sequence with each coin handed out one at a time.[/QUOTE]
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