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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;keithaul, post: 1135319, member: 24446&quot;]When numismatic coins are graded from the most popular grading companies like ANACS, PCGS, NGC and ICG, they are enclosed into a sealed, heavy plastic case for various reasons. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; For example a coin that was slabbed and certified by ANACS states that the coin was graded by a professional numismatic grader. The grader must have years and years of experience to personally inspect the coin and assign it the grade of a numismatically perfect MS70 for example. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; So why did the grading companies decide to enclose numismatic coins in a sealed, heavy&nbsp; plastic slab?</p><p>&nbsp; </p><ol> <li><b>For security and accuracy</b>.<ol> <li>The&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; plastic slab is sonically sealed. This means this container was sealed&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; with the use of sound waves to &#039;melt&#039; the plastic together rather than a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; glue or heat. It requires special equipment to do this type of sealing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; and a special type of plastic that has a glue strip designed for this&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; kind of sealing.</li> <li>This&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; type of sealing results in a 100% tamper proof container. So, there is no&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; way someone can open this slab and replace the coin inside or mess with&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; the grade inside without you knowing about it.</li> <li>Furthermore,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; this provides a secure means to deliver the accuracy of the grade itself&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; and to protect the coin. Also, sealed in the slab is the assigned grade&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; of the numismatic coin. The grade was determined by top graders in the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; field of numismatics. Not only was the grade determined but it was also&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; examined to find out if the coin might be counterfeit or have any other&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; flaws that could prevent the coin from being graded. The paper insert is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; the guarantee of the top tier grading companies as to the grade and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; authenticity of the coin itself.</li> </ol> </li> </ol> <blockquote><p><font size="3"><b>[FONT=&amp;quot]2. For protection and storage[/FONT]</b></font>[FONT=&amp;quot]<font size="3">. The slab will protect the coins from damage in case you accidentally drop the coin. However, you do not want to engage in any type of destructive behavior by taking a hammer to the slab. This will certainly break the slab and damage the coin. The grooves on the top and bottom of the slab are made for easy stacking and storage for collectors.</font>[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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