THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY, yes most of the time i forgot to make a comma or pause, just browse on the site, THANKS for the info,British and othre european countries have a long line of history as you mentioned, much more longer history than the USA i may say..., like in this forum there is a section where coin from 16th century upto now is being confirmed and verified, if USA have a very very wide record of there coinage it is applicable to other countries who is more longer history than them,if most of the coin in past is not recorded well it be lost and not be preserve in both records and actual coin for most of the metal is melted when the nation is in crisis, at least it is recorded and studied in present and know the story behind it which is a part of history of one nation, there is a saying or quote that a man is searching for a treasure start in small one wanted a bigger one both in material and non material, well im starting in small on.... YES the old long question slab or not, between a company and a collector am I right... thus slab coin preseve much longer than unslab? there are different level of condition of coin as for every or all things in this world lucky for those who have them and love them......