I have bought only ONE slabbed chip, and it was destroyed when I bought it (the proceeds went to SlabFree). I refuse to buy a slabbed chip. I collect currency (paper) but do have a hand full of coins. Often I see a beautiful specimen in a slab and as bad as I want it, I refuse to buy it and play into the "packaging" scam. I would rather just see them jack up the price in the first place and not try to BS me buy putting it in plastic.