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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3539528, member: 92655"]Passing on coins to the next generation is an admiral goal. I have have been a lifetime collector and have many I will be passing on. One of my personal treasures are two 1964 halves my grandmother set aside for me. She wrapped them in wax paper. To this day they still reside in that waxed paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Couple of things. A slabbed coin is meaningful to a collector. Not so much to a non-collector. You will spend $30.00-$50.00 per coin having them slabbed. While it will protect your coin for posterity, the slab will not add value to the coin..... However I do believe that slabbing family heirloom coins is a worthwhile goal. And as an aside, you can get your own slabs from numismatic sources on the web and slab them yourself for pocket change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3539528, member: 92655"]Passing on coins to the next generation is an admiral goal. I have have been a lifetime collector and have many I will be passing on. One of my personal treasures are two 1964 halves my grandmother set aside for me. She wrapped them in wax paper. To this day they still reside in that waxed paper. Couple of things. A slabbed coin is meaningful to a collector. Not so much to a non-collector. You will spend $30.00-$50.00 per coin having them slabbed. While it will protect your coin for posterity, the slab will not add value to the coin..... However I do believe that slabbing family heirloom coins is a worthwhile goal. And as an aside, you can get your own slabs from numismatic sources on the web and slab them yourself for pocket change.[/QUOTE]
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