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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 731294, member: 12789&quot;]Exactly, true collectors and numismatic purists will opin that it matters not whether a coin is in some TPG holder or not.&nbsp; They have the confidence that the coin is authentic and up to their desired standards as far as collectability.&nbsp; Frankly I have some coins in TPG holders that are overgraded, I have some that are in my opinion undergraded.&nbsp; I have far more coins that are just in Kointains capsules that I bought raw and keep raw.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favourite USA coins is a 1794 Liberty Cap cent that I bought years ago - it came straight out of a penny board that was put together in the 1930s.&nbsp; The coin has been in a capsule, but I will never have it graded - someone else&#039;s opin means naught to me.&nbsp; I like being able to handle the coin and feel the heft of it&#039;s 13 gramme weight in my paw.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have that same exhileration with the 1795 lettered edge cent in AU-55 in a TPG holder.&nbsp; The latter is far far more expensive than the former, but it means less - because it is in some plastic tomb.</p><p><br /></p><p>More novice collectors prefer the assurance that the piece of plastic gives them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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