Coin Collecting Going The Way Of Sports Cards In The 90`s...

I bust them out of the slabs! But I get what you are saying. I'm the same way about uniformity. I like things to look the same across the board. If you are all about the looks of things, you'll have to bust them out of the slabs and come up with a new method as I do not see anything from NGC/PCGS changing anytime soon. They are a bit annoying, as with any TPG.

I was into sports cards in the late 80's, early 90's then dropped the hobby because of all the varieties, drove me crazy. Cards have come back around however and have reduced the number of mfg's and I have actually gained interest in it again.

I've bought a few slabbed coins, none of which are still in their slabs. Their slabs are now in the dump. I like TPG's only as a way to feel safer about buying a coin that is genuine. If no one ever made a fake coin then I would never buy a coin slabbed again.

It is what is in the slab that is important to me. I have some that I have not cracked out. 25th Anniversary, First Strikes, CAC sticker-ed, etc, etc. I also have some of the older green label slabs. ANACS had a picture and coin grade in a bag. I have a few of those. I heard on this forum that they graded those to a high standard. Not the easier standards of today.

That is the one main complaint that I have now. It used to be hard to get a MS 69, MS 68 was a very high quality coin. Now, if it is not a MS 70 than it sells like it is raw. I know times have changed. But, that was not a reason to lower the standard, in my opinion.

A good tactic is just to COMPLETELY avoid modern issues don't collect anything unless it is an error or at least 50 years old.

All you are going to get from those fancy labeled modern coins is depreciation... they are generally worth face value except for perhaps PCGS MS-70.

I agree with all of you on this..
Because its all about the coin, is why it does not matter if it is first strike or last strike first day of issue or last they are all equal a 2011 w ms 69 is a 69 no matter what day it was minted.

The labels are artificially inflating coin prices and misleading the public.

I want to know where a coin is minted by a mint mark not an (s) or (w)printed on the slab.

especially when real S and W mint marks are and will soon be out there.

I only grade eagles as far as modern coins go . All my moderns are Silver OGP .

I saw Silver Eagles as something new worth collecting and slabbing was all the rage so here I am 26 years later just trying to keep my brown lables together.

I started collecting the W eagles in both NGS & PCGS ms 70 and have seen how slack the standards are becoming. I have not seen a 2011 W that is a true 70 yet they have rim problems on the top obverse , just about every one . In 2006 PCGS would not give out a 70 for almost ever now 70 gets on clearly flawed coinage.

thanks for reading my post and commenting,

Johnnybro123

How about not collecting anything graded 70. I've always felt those coins were silly both in principle and as an investment. In principle because no coin is perfect and in practice, I've always felt they were a poor investment.

This has already been said in this thread, but I think buying any modern coin slabbed is a bad idea. I wouldn't buy a slab unless it was at least a wheatie, buffalo, mercury, 30's washington, walker, or Peace dollar.

Yea, I'm not a fan of slabs. Usually when I buy a coin in a slab it is either;

-An investment grade coin
-A coin I just liked the appeal of, or the price was too good to pass
-A coin I want for a set, that I will be cracking out.

I really think Grading companies should stop all this "Early release, First day, Held by So-&-So, *, Smiley face, Check +," nonsense.