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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Crack 'em like a clam!! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't like looking at empty holes. So, this is my dilemma.
No problem at all. This is supposed to be all fun. Stop worrying about tomorrow. It may never come. Being a Cancer survivor I found out it does not pay to think of something that may never happen. |
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Pillar of the Community
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You all are confusing me   |
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United States
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I'd say MS 64 and up. I've seen where people crack the slab and adhere the information from the slab inside the album cover. It really all just depends what you want to do. They're yours after all. |
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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 its the owner's choice  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I've seen where people crack the slab and adhere the information from the slab inside the album cover. I've nearly completed two sets of Australian proofs. Whilst the 'standard' mint issue are not 'slabbed' per se, they are presented in sealed plastic(?). It has always been my intention to break out the coins, in particular the $1 and combine them with the non circulating, commemorative, silver and known varieties into a Dansco supreme album. I have often wondered about how I am going to label them. I won't be 'adhering' the information due to fumes leeching off the glue used in these sort of stickers. (Incidentally, any advise on this would be appreciated). As others have pointed out. If you are a collector, break 'em open. If an investor, don't. |
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United States
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Adhere doesn't mean you have to use glue...probably just putting them in there and letting the weight of the album pressure fit them against the cover would work...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dansco can always make a Slab-Album-holder. Exactly like a regular one with descriptions but can hold slabs - wonder how that would look like. I personally would not crack anything - That's just me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Adhere doesn't mean you have to use glue...probably just putting them in there and letting the weight of the album pressure fit them against the cover would work...
Back when I did put those lables on the inside of an Album, I just used the sticky part of those Poost-It types of paper. The ones that come in little pads with one edge sticky. Just use that on the edge of the sticker from the Slab. Or just don't keep them at all. As I mentioned who would really believe that those are for the coins in the Album anyway. |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As I mentioned who would really believe that those are for the coins in the Album anyway.
You don't believe this will work? Every coin is distinct in it's own way the same as a finger print. My train of thought was to capture the various characteristics of each one before cracking and after cracking so that the coin could be identified as the exact coin from the slab. |
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 United States
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The way I see it is if you are really concerned about keeping this information intact, then you might want to just keep it in the slab. Personally I could care less what some quasi-anonymous person working at some for-profit company thinks about my coin. If I like it, it goes in my album. I might keep the label for fun, but I would not be concerned about proving it belongs to my coin. As I have said more than once, these are my coins and I will enjoy them how I see fit. Slabs go bye-bye!  |
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United States
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As to the original question, if it's a high MS-65+, then I would not crack for two reasons. First, the value of most coins goes up exponentially after each grade at that level. I don't have the grading skills to adequately grade a MS-65, 66 or 67 coin. Second, if I do ever sell or need to sell them for financial reasons, I will get top dollar. 9 times out of 10, a slabbed coin will bring more money then a raw coin.
If it's a matter of filling a hole, then a lower MS grade would be much easier to find and obtain in most circumstances.
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If it's a matter of filling a hole, then a lower MS grade would be much easier to find and obtain in most circumstances. I agree. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As to the original question, if it's a high MS-65+, then I would not crack for two reasons. First, the value of most coins goes up exponentially after each grade at that level. I don't have the grading skills to adequately grade a MS-65, 66 or 67 coin. Second, if I do ever sell or need to sell them for financial reasons, I will get top dollar. 9 times out of 10, a slabbed coin will bring more money then a raw coin.
Sort of, kind of what everyone is saying. From the above, there is only a monitary liking to this hobby or mostly. For many others it is a bit of fun with a little monitary thinking also. For some, me for istance, I could care less what tomorrow could, might, should, possibly bring for a coin. There may well not be a tomorrow and that is why I could care less of the monitary gains on a coin. A good example is after what just happened in Japan, ever think of how many people there had collectoins of something? Monitary values mean nothing to them now.  |
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