Slabs, How Many Do You Have?

12 slabs.

As most folks here on the CCF know, I usually break out any slab that shows up at my house, but these slabs that survive are pretty special ones that would SERIOUSLY lose value if I cracked them. I just can't find it in myself to crack these ones.

Note: I just cracked out 2 Capped Bust half dollars this morning. (an 1818 & an 1819. The 1819 is now posted in the US Classic Coins Grading section right now!).

I have about 25 slabs. None are modern. I've busted out 4 or 5 to go into Dansco albums. I don't hate or love slabs therefore, I won't pay extra for a coin in a slab. The few MS and Proof coins I have in slabs will stay there because I see the slab as more of a protecter for these coins than anything else. All of my earlier circulated coins are in danger of being let out into the wild if I get a wild hair. I really like to play with naked coins. I do have a couple coins that are in problem free slabs that shouldn't be. They are both CBQs that have been cleaned. PCGS seems to slab CBQs that don't have original surfaces more than other series. So, since it is uncertain I will get those coins back into problem free holders, I will probably not let them out to play. Sad really.

So, for me, I appreciate the purpose of slabs, I just don't seek them out. If I collected a lot of proof or MS material, I would likely have a lot more slabs in my collection.

Let's see, there's the 50 silver proof State Quarters, 6 territories silver quarters, 20 ATB silver quarters all NGC PF69.

Then there's the 21 ASE in NGC MS-69 and probably another 70 silver dimes, quarters, halves in PCGS PF69, Ikes and several older dollar coins from PF69DCAMS to MS 65s in NGC and PCGS slabs.

I have many more silver coins in the raw than slabbed but I'm trying to build slabbled sets of all the modern silver coins.

After seeing the condition of some of my brown Ikes after being in OGP I like seeing these super bright shiny proof coins well protected in 3rd party slabs and hope they will maintain that luster for decades, or longer.

Rick

Chuckling here.... I have 515 slabs of which 15 are either NGC or PCGS slabs with the remainder being Coin World Premier Slabs I've purchased to house my coins. I prefer having the in slabs as I have a perfect display case they fit in and I'm just more comfortable handling the coins this way. I've tried 2x2's, flips and other methods, the slabs just work best for me.

Zero, I do not see the advantage of paying the amount I would have to for a slab. And when I checked I would have to submit quite a few to even get the coins slabbed, apparently they do not like to grade one at a time.

Just shy of 200 with 95% PCGS and NGC graded. Approximately 100 of them are Commemoratives with about 20 of them early commemoratives and the rest modern.