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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 8184854, member: 97383"]This is one of the few times I disagree with the comment by <b>TIF</b>. Slabbing coins is a new phenomenon for both modern & ancient coins. Slabbing coins is "something that is generally not necessary or desirable", <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> that really depends on your point of view or personal reasons for slabbing coins. I've been a collector of ancient coins for over 50 years & have had many of my ancient coins slabbed for reasons I've posted in many threads on <b>CT</b>, so I see no reason to repeat them again. <b>TIF</b> did make a sensible comment I agree with, that you can always break the slab & keep the printed insert. In the case of <b>Factor's</b> coin, unless you have a neurotic impulse to feel the raw, coin keep it slabbed <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 8184854, member: 97383"]This is one of the few times I disagree with the comment by [B]TIF[/B]. Slabbing coins is a new phenomenon for both modern & ancient coins. Slabbing coins is "something that is generally not necessary or desirable", o_O that really depends on your point of view or personal reasons for slabbing coins. I've been a collector of ancient coins for over 50 years & have had many of my ancient coins slabbed for reasons I've posted in many threads on [B]CT[/B], so I see no reason to repeat them again. [B]TIF[/B] did make a sensible comment I agree with, that you can always break the slab & keep the printed insert. In the case of [B]Factor's[/B] coin, unless you have a neurotic impulse to feel the raw, coin keep it slabbed :p.[/QUOTE]
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