Its not just you man. Lots of people like to have their own touch on the coins they own. That being said I'd rather my &gt;$1000 coins had some form of protection to avoid me touching them!

Anything less though all the fun for me is about the education and research that goes into each piece. You can take a simple coin and go so ridiculously in depth that you would be surprised. I have a book order waiting to purchase just for one coin variety that so far is over $200. And that's just for some Bermuda penny... Try getting in depth education about a common US coin - would be int he thousands!