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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadams, post: 2551098, member: 82194&quot;]I kinda just stumbled into an ancient coin by happenstance, but have found that I much enjoy learning the history and for the last few months have been soaking up knowledge.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been a US type guy for a number of years now and feel I&#039;ve got a good grasp on grading and an understanding of cleaning, and value, and all the things that go along with buying a raw US coin, but still, 90 percent of my coins are in slabs.&nbsp; To me it seems US coins worth considerable value <u>have to</u> be slabbed in the current marketplace to make them acceptable.&nbsp; I&#039;ve purposely stayed away from slabbed ancients because I DO want to learn, I DO want to fondle my coins, I want to hold history so to speak.&nbsp; Quite honestly, if I were buying slabbed ancients I&#039;d surely have a dozen or more by now because it is easy just to pull the trigger on something I like even though I know squat about it - I don&#039;t want to do ancients that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have a couple posts under my belt here since I feel I have very little to contribute, but I want you all to know I read this forum everyday and always go away feeling a bit more educated in these coins that have a growing interest for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>-d[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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