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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2881463, member: 86795&quot;]What about uniformity in presentation within at least a coin series? Example, </p><p>I have recently begun dabbling in Registry Sets, specifically NGC War Nickels, and have completed a couple. Never a big fan of slabbed coins for a number of reasons, It is a nice presentation and a great safe way to view, discuss and just play around with a collection without fear of damaging the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, here&#039;s my lowball Silver War Nickel Set: </p><p><img src="https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p180x540/22310434_10212226575773411_1393403345788446722_n.jpg?oh=257c3905884d09b9aab81b7ba47c0c0c&amp;oe=5A809EE6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kinda ugly, eh? Yet, it&#039;s also got character...</p><p><br /></p><p>Buy the coin, not the holder they say, yet, NGC no longer allows PCGS coins to be registered in a competitive set, and PCGS never has. So, I have specifically ignored some nice PCGS coins simply because they stick out like a sore thumb when you look at the whole set, AND, they&#039;re not allowed in my competitive set, which is now ranked #94. I know it&#039;s fairly meaningless, but it&#039;s kinda fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, compare the hodge podge mixed bag melting pot look of the above to: </p><p><img src="https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22489755_10212219291671313_967630406622066142_n.jpg?oh=00a79355a6816b93f59733bf58d45d5e&amp;oe=5A7BA8B5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22450031_10212219292751340_4219096172663104489_n.jpg?oh=9dad87fbe59e445aed81264112a97930&amp;oe=5A6D0883" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Big difference. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, I have a lot of issues with slabbed coins and TPG in general, ie:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) It&#039;s expensive to have a low ticket coin graded and slabbed and it inflates the price ridiculously.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) It casts a Star Bellied Sneetch discriminatory shadow on RAW coins, even such in USMINT original packaging and clearly MS+ specimens in 2 x 2&#039;s and generic capsules and flips.</p><p><img src="https://celebratingdrseuss.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/sneetches1-192scyr.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3) It fuels our mass paranoia yet genuine fear of becoming victims of counterfeiters, a problem which is getting worse every day.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) You can&#039;t touch your coins. I know you shouldn&#039;t anyway, but there was always something fun and special about &quot;now hold it like this, by the edges only...&quot; from the &quot;GOOD OLD DAYS...&quot; I remember my father telling me stories of getting a silver dollar every year for his birthday and part of his growing up was going outside and playing with them in the dirt... </p><p><br /></p><p>5) We can too easily get caught up in the grade and the slab and forget the unique attraction of each and every coin, whether MS70 or one with slight character dings, bag marks or even severe circulation wear, a little piece of history in each one. </p><p><br /></p><p>So? I buy slabbed when I have to, I also love to stack, and I keep loose oddballs and unsearched in jars or boxes, and try to keep my eye on the coin and not what it&#039;s in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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