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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1675867, member: 26302&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Maybe. </p><p><br /></p><p>I simply feel too many people have forgotten this. Yes, its perfectly fine for an advanced collector to own expensive coins which you shouldn&#039;t touch. They are worth a lot of money. I don&#039;t pull out expensive coins and rub dirty fingers all over them either.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, to many, (kids, people interested in history, etc), the attraction of coins is the physical connection. Being able to touch it, hold it, feel the weight in your hand. Trying to introduce a kid to coins in slabs I believe is fruitless. If the hobby gets to the point all coins are in plastic, then we will go the way of sports cards. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even adults, when I show them a coin of ancient Rome they think its pretty cool. When I pull out a sestertius out of the holder and let them hold and touch the coin, feel the massive weight in their hand, that is when people really start to appreciate them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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