Certifying The Original Mint Packaging

Why are you the judge of what's worthy of being collected?

Basic respect for other collectors and what they collect should be a given and not have to be earned unless of course you would like your collection to be criticized for not being the best there is.

As I said it get's old when collectors feel the need to attack other collectors because they like something different

I judge things because I'm a human being and it's natural pass judgement on the relative value of things. If someone wants to toss away their money on a 3rd party certification saying that a coin came from a particular original government packaging, that's fine. However, I'm not going to think it's just as worthy as say a nice complete collection of uncirculated & proof Lincoln Memorial Cents that could be had for the same money. And yes, I'm of course happy to subject my collection to the same standard. I too can appreciate other methods of collecting coins because they're about the coins, not about something that's meaningless. Again, it wouldn't be my thing to buy a particular coin just because it's in a particular type of OGP. However, I would get it if someone wanted to do that. But to destroy what's supposed to be special in the name of 3rd party certification is just foolish to me.

BTW basbal21, I didn't attack anyone. I offered an opinion of something that's for sale and expressed my opinion that it has no intrinsic value. If someone can't handle such an opinion, then life's going to be pretty difficult for them.

An "incorrect" opinion? It's an opinion. Opinion: an estimation of the quality or worth of someone or something. I fully understand the market and the fact that if one of the 3rd party grading services certified a turd there'd be someone who'd pay money for it. Yes, I make judgements and share them with others on this forum. I like some coin designs. I don't like other designs. I like some series more than others. Other collectors share their opinions too. I enjoy hearing opinions and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. I offered my take on something. You can disagree, but the fact that you attempt to twist my opinion of the value of a certification in to me having some sort of inferiority and belittling others demonstrates that it's you who simply wants to make it personal. Instead of doing that, why don't you offer up a counter point as to why such certifications add value? Somebody buys it, so it's just as good as anything else would not be a counter point. I personally see negative value in removing a coin from OGP that has a market premium in said OGP for the purpose of putting it in a slab that designates the OGP that it was once packaged in.

Bret is 100% correct about coins sans box lose whatever makes them special (if collectors want to pay extra for a coin in a special pack then that is a fair choice). Without the packaging the coin is just another coin. If you crack open the slab to resubmit will the TPGs label it as a special coin or just another coin?

basebal21, you claim that I gave incorrect information, but fail to state what was incorrect. I've stated the fact that the coins in certain OGP that have a premium over the same coins in other OGP are separated from the OGP in the process of certification. No more research needs to be done, but feel free to share what knowledge you may have. I have belittled nobody. Using your way of thinking, one can't ever offer an opinion of the value of a service provided by a 3rd party grading service because someone that collects said slabs will get their feelings hurt. If you have insight to offer, please share it. However, your tactic of claiming that I'm attacking and belittling other collectors is wholly without merit and will not dissuade me from offering my opinions.

Time ladies and gentlemen, time. Let us stop this discussion of whether collecting the packaging or the TPG label describing the same is worthwhile or not. It is no fun when people are getting upset.