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 Posted 03/19/2015  11:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add duncanbishop24 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have tons of raw in albums and it's predominately my collection although I do have thoughts of putting together a PCGS type set but who knows if I will. I've got a few started on it but that's not a pressing numismatic goal of mine.
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 Posted 03/20/2015  01:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jardins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Mostly raw, like around 95%. The slabbed coins I have are some rare dates and I have 3 older mint sets.
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 Posted 03/20/2015  02:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Always raw for American coins, VG to MS65 in all metals.

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Remembering that this thread is listed under 'U.S. Modern coins', so it is safe to assume that most respondents are U.S. based. 47 votes from all countries recorded at the time of my latest edit.

The poll surprises me.
I would have thought that most American collectors would have at least one or two slabs. The largest category represented in this poll so far shows that almost half of American collectors have no slabs at all !
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03/20/2015 07:17 am
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 Posted 03/20/2015  08:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SpaceMaNy0 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Whoops. I voted graded although I have no graded coins. I doubt I even have one that would be above 30 anyway.
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 Posted 03/20/2015  09:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
Is it considered OGP if they are packaged by the GSA 80-90 years later?
Yes.
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 Posted 03/20/2015  09:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Teach to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
All of the above for me too.
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 Posted 03/20/2015  1:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I too ...mould have said all the above.

But I did pick raw and OGP ... Because that is what I buy mostly.
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 Posted 03/20/2015  1:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Teach to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe the question should be what percentage do you own of each?
What % is raw, graded, OGP, etc........
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BadToTheBone - thanks for adding the last option.

I voted -- and I see that I am not alone.

I don't seek out slabbed coins very often -- just once, I think -- but a lot of coins are already slabbed.
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Teach that could have been a possibility but I didn't want to complicate things too much ipso facto in my case I voted slabbed and OGP(mint issues) but in actuality my collection consists of 98% slabbed and 2% OGP. If I would have done so I believe it would have been way too many choices. I'm very pleased by the response thus far and very surprised because no one as of yet has choosen the Mint Issues alone and I thought that more people would have choose slabbed in any combination. Very Interesting for sure.
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I voted 'Raw or graded,' and the few coins that I seek are elusive.
But I always buy the coin and not the plastic.
Those purchases are less and less frequent as these coins do not frequently appear on the market.


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 Posted 03/21/2015  11:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadToTheBone to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Amazing to see that only 5% have chosen graded only and not a single person collects mint issue only (OGP). Thus far Raw seems to be the choice. I wonder if that will ever change. I think probably not.
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I put raw and US mint packaged. That is the way I buy 95% of my coins. (I have purchased graded coins but I usually only do that for something that is faked often like a Trade dollar or something like that)
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