Slabbed Coin

as many of you know I have no problem breaking open a slab to place a coin in an Album no matter the value of the coin if I purchased that coin for an album but with that being said I do have sets of coins that I never intended to break out of slabs and they still reside in their plastic where I plan to keep them. To the OP, if you like the slabbed coins then the two sets isn't really a bad idea. One in an album/folder and one all in slabs. I actually put together some sets of this very year myself because it was the year my oldest Daughter was born. I bought her the Proof set from 1989, a 1989 Mint set (I believe I got from Metalman for her), a set from circulation and a slabbed set. So its all in what you want to put together I guess and whatever makes you happy will be fine

Well, you could argue that there are two, but yes, there is only one mint for the proof and uncirculated sets, but in 2000, 1999 and 1998, the proof-like sets were struck in Winnipeg (W mint mark, different finish) and Ottawa (no mintmark different finish). Currently, the Ottawa mint produces collectors coins and NCLT, while the Winnigep mint produces circulation coins.

I understand the situation though. I bought the Canadian Glow-in-the-Dark Dino for about $50 including shipping. I sometimes wish I bought two. One to display and one to slab. But why spend so much to slab a cheap coin? Seems senseless, right? As my first purchased coin I figured it would be special to slab it.

If I send one and it grades less than a MS70 would I be upset and need to send the other coin?

Bottom-line: ask yourself why it's important to slab it.