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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2879236, member: 112"]But what have you gained ? Cheap is still cheap and you still get what you pay for. I say that because Saflips are also problematic. For one the coins move around inside them, and the hard plastic they are made of causes wear on the coin, a lot faster tan you might think it would. For another, have you ever noticed that when you buy a raw coin from a dealer it is almost always given to you in a soft plastic (PVC) flip ? Well there's a reason for that, a couple of them actually. The first I have already mentioned, the 2nd is that the hard plastic the flips are made of can scratch the coins when you put the coin into or take them out of the Saflip. Dealers know both of these things, which is why they don't use them. Indeed. In fact I would ask if there is one at all ? Why ? To me it's quite simple, if a coin, any coin regardless of its cost, is worthy of being in your collection, is it not also worthy of being properly protected ? You said above - OK, lets say a coin cost you $6, I'm just using that as an arbitrary number within your range. When you bought that coin would you have paid $6.50 for it ? Now there may be exceptions, but I'd be willing to bet that most people would say yes to that question. Given that, would you not also be willing to pay $6 for the coin and 50 cents for the coin holder that would protect it properly basically forever ? Well, you can buy Ait-Tite coin holders for most coins for around 50 cents each as long as you buy them in quantities of 20 or more at a time. So I'll repeat a previous question - if a coin, any coin regardless of its cost, is worthy of being in your collection, is it not also worthy of being properly protected ? When you look at it from that perspective 50 cents seems pretty affordable to me.[/QUOTE]

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