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Bedrock of the Community
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Right. Especially not ANACS slabs, which even mother-earth Heritage will not list.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Unless you are specifically creating a set that you want to sell in the future as a single unit, just get whatever makes you happy (though do follow advice like sticking with top tier TPGs).
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United States
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The thing about "buy the coin and not the slab" is difficult if you buy online with usual rather shabby ebay type photo of the coins. When buying from this source I do tend to buy slabbed and graded coins usually PCGS or NGC. If I can touch the coins I usually buy them raw if they are not really expensive. If you are going to plunk down $5000 then I would look at slabbed and graded coins first. Now if you have good relationship with local coin shop or dealer going with raw coin can be better. I like to buy from a certain coin shop. I like the guy who is the owner. He knows a heck of a lot about coins. He has been a collector and dealer for probably 50 years. He does not give away coins but the deals are fair IMO and he will not cheat me knowingly. I have never bought a coin from Heritage or really top end auction house. There are a couple of coins I really want but they are expensive so who knows. There is just no wrong or right way to collect coins. Maybe there is a wrong way by trying to get something for nothing and getting nothing for something. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My PCGS Type Coin slab set is complete, but always being improved.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a complete U.S. Type set from the Half Cents to the $20 gold pieces. I have PCGS and NGC coins in my set, and the two sets (gold and other coins) are on the NGC registry. Sometimes the 19th century types are cheaper in Proof than Mint State. I have never displayed my entire set, and I have never seen it laid out in one place. It is in safe deposit boxes, but I have photos of all of them. All of the photos are on the NGC registry. Edited by billjones
08/16/2016 10:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mine are mostly raw. I have three slabs.
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Bedrock of the Community
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12057 Posts |
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
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12057 Posts |
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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What is this about the NGC registry? Forgive me for asking but I am still a greenhorn...LOL
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Pillar of the Community
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What is this about the NGC registry? Forgive me for asking but I am still a greenhorn...LOL NGC maintains a site where you can enter the coin in your collection using the slab serial numbers. It accepts both PCGS and NGC coins for the U.S. coin areas. The registry is divided into many categories including traditional sets like Indian Head cents, Liberty nickels and some not so traditional sets, like Proof Twenty Cent Pieces. There is a point system and the collections are ranked by the total number of points. Here is a link to my type set. http://coins.www.collectors-society...leSetID=3081 |
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United States
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I like PCGS slabs a lot, but they often come with a premium. CAC stickers have made the problem even worse. So I agree with others to include other graders if you want to collect an entire set, to keep cost down.
For that many coins in slabs, I don't think I'd display. Maybe just put them all in a large slab holder box. But likely I'd keep most in the bank and my favorites at home, because slabs take up a lot of space. I don't think there's an elegant way of displaying that many. I know there are binders but that sounds really bulky and cumbersome to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is the type set replacing the date/mint type set? I am old school collector who collected entire sets of coins by date and by mint. This is much harder than type set and potentially much more expensive and sometimes impossible like with Saints and Morgans. I do not have a 1895 proof Morgan I admit it. I do not have 1893-S in mint condition or even in VF condition....yet. It took me about a year to complete date/mint set of LWH dollars. I could work on just this set probably for years improving it. This is a challenge especially for 19th and 20th century gold coins and for any 18th century coin. Most of us just don't have the money to complete these sets.
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I think type sets are awesome!
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