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@ just carl
If he is just planning to keep certified coins from '89, then he should be ok.
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@ just carl
If he is just planning to keep certified coins from '89, then he should be ok. Usually true but most once they start keep saying to themselves, just one more. |
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Hmmm, ok. I only have one certified coin myself, and it was pretty much an impulse buy, but everyones different!
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Why would you buy slabbed coins only to break them open? If you're building a set you really ought to consider ahead of time whether you want it to be graded, ungraded or a mix of the two.
1989 had some fun penny issues too. Good Luck on the set.
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I look at it and now I'm growing attached to it in the slab but also want it in the binder! What to do?! What kind of binder are you using to hold the birth year set? The longer you wait, the less likely that you will crack it. With that being said... What are you waiting for? Crack it!  Quote:
Why would you buy slabbed coins only to break them open? Because it is possible that the only suitable coin to be found is going to be found in a slab. I am 99.9% certain that the last three holes in my Lincoln Dansco album (and more than a few holes in my 7070) will only be filled by purchasing and cracking a slabbed coin. |
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Why would you buy slabbed coins only to break them open? To add onto what Jbuck said also for coins that are heavily faked for added protection to make sure youre getting a real one especially if ordering online |
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I never understood why a person would buy a slabbed coin if he wanted to break it out.
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Why would you buy slabbed coins only to break them open? It's all on preference of the collector. I have a number of coins that were slabbed by PCGS, NGC, ANACS, and they have been all cracked out, placed in 2x2s in binder pages. |
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It's all on preference of the collector. Yes, this is important to remember.  My decision to crack a slab is not right for all, and those who like slabs are not wrong for their decision. |
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as many of you know I have no problem breaking open a slab to place a coin in an Album no matter the value of the coin if I purchased that coin for an album but with that being said I do have sets of coins that I never intended to break out of slabs and they still reside in their plastic where I plan to keep them. To the OP, if you like the slabbed coins then the two sets isn't really a bad idea. One in an album/folder and one all in slabs. I actually put together some sets of this very year myself because it was the year my oldest Daughter was born. I bought her the Proof set from 1989, a 1989 Mint set (I believe I got from Metalman for her), a set from circulation and a slabbed set. So its all in what you want to put together I guess and whatever makes you happy will be fine
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I would break it....but I ran out of dollar 2x2's lol. On the plus side....I now have a uncirculated and proof canadian coin sets from 1989 as well. Canadian coins confuse me.....is their only one mint?!
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Well, you could argue that there are two, but yes, there is only one mint for the proof and uncirculated sets, but in 2000, 1999 and 1998, the proof-like sets were struck in Winnipeg (W mint mark, different finish) and Ottawa (no mintmark different finish). Currently, the Ottawa mint produces collectors coins and NCLT, while the Winnigep mint produces circulation coins.
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Why would you buy slabbed coins only to break them open? If you're building a set you really ought to consider ahead of time whether you want it to be graded, ungraded or a mix of the two.
As already stated, there are reasons for purchasing a coin in a slab. And authenticating is one, availability too. With so many people today being slab happy, so many normal, coins are finding their way into slabs. Not sure why but I've seen coins worth less than $10 in a slab. I've even seen coins selling for $2 in a slab. For myself I'd always prefer opening an Album and seeing all the coins and not having to look in several places for one of the empty sloted coins in a slab. Having well over 100 Albums and virtually thousands of coins, I couldn't imagine a few hundred in slabs. At coin shows I see some dealers with many hundreds of slabbed coins. I always wonder how long it takes to put them all out and/put them all away again. How much room they all must take up. Edited by just carl
10/02/2012 11:15 am
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I understand the situation though. I bought the Canadian Glow-in-the-Dark Dino for about $50 including shipping. I sometimes wish I bought two. One to display and one to slab. But why spend so much to slab a cheap coin? Seems senseless, right? As my first purchased coin I figured it would be special to slab it.
If I send one and it grades less than a MS70 would I be upset and need to send the other coin?
Bottom-line: ask yourself why it's important to slab it.
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I wasn't thinking about the very very rare or heavily faked coins. For those I can understand why you'd choose a slabbed coin.
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