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New Member
United States
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I am in week 1 and learned a whole lot. The Dansco albums people have posted are gorgeous. However for some hard to come by dates/mints, I would prefer to buy graded. Buying a coin with a TPG certification gives me the warm and fuzzies. I am most interested in building a quality set versus filling the holes. I understand for some coins I may be in looking for awhile. Is set considered complete if one has a mix of coins housed in albums and in slabs? Many thanks |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, of course.
The packaging should always be second priority to the coins...
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Bedrock of the Community
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Is set considered complete if one has a mix of coins housed in albums and in slabs? A set it whatever you decide a set is. You can pick dates, mint marks, varieties ect. Most people do buy their key date coins for albums graded already. Almost no one would touch a raw 16 D Mercury dime for instance. Some people do the whole set in slabs, some put them all in an album, others have a mix of both. Its just however you want to do it. Buying graded key dates is very common no matter how people store their set. |
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 United States
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For me, I consider a set complete if there are some in albums and in slabs. I don't feel the need or want to crack my 1922 no D out of its slab to call my Lincoln cents complete. Others have different opinions of what "complete" means to them. That's what is great about collecting: if you are happy, that's what really counts.  |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you for the quick replies!
If one has a mix, then how would someone know there is a graded slab associated with the set? Or better yet, how does one fill the holes in the album? Duplicates or junk coin?
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United States
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for me, I put small labels in the place holder saying "In Slab" or something like that. I know of one hole I will never fill (1895 Morgan dollar), so I filled it with a copper bullion piece. Some put error coins in holes, some put tokens, and some just leave that hole unfilled. |
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Australia
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You can do whatever you wish. A quick-and-simple solution would be to take a junk coin or a cheap common coin you have duplicates of, mark it in some fashion (like writing " TPG" on it in marker pen) and insert that into the "hole". If vandalizing coins gives you the shivers, then you could cut out a piece of paper or cardboard to do the same thing. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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Welcome to Coin Community. Ain't no "silly" questions except the ones unasked. Quote:
Is set considered complete if one has a mix of coins housed in albums and in slabs?
Build what works for you. You define the "set." Not us. No rule exists. Yes, if you build a "date/mint mark' set, it has to include all the dates and mint marks, but that's where it ends. The people who disagree with this - and there will be some - are those who are building the set the way they envision it. Which is also cool, because it supports my point. You define "quality." Nobody else. It's the fundamental beauty of numismatics.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 to CCF!. IMO, the set is just as important as the coin that make it up. Whats the point of having a set where 15/20 dates are in the album and 5 dates from here and there are in slabs housed elsewhere? I personally, never crack a coin out of a slab unless absolutely necessary. What you do is up to you.. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I used to put a photo of a coin (life sized) pasted onto cardboard, and cut out into my albums for the slabbed ones or coins I kept in my safe deposit vault. Back before I photographed my own coins, so I used pictures from auction catalogs. Did the same thing when I collected US Stamps.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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United States
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For me, I consider a set complete if there are some in albums and in slabs. I don't feel the need or want to crack my 1922 no D out of its slab to call my Lincoln cents complete. Others have different opinions of what "complete" means to them. That's what is great about collecting: if you are happy, that's what really counts. I agree with this. For instance, while some consider the 1922 no "D" part of the Lincoln Cent set, I consider it an error coin and do not count it as needed for a complete set (which is why I have a complete set...if I counted this coin, I would be one short, but I am not worried about it). A set is what you make of it. Some collect by date, some by mint, some varieties and mints, etc. My sets do not include proofs or error coins (though I am going to complete a separate cent asset of proofs only). It's whatever you want it to be. As long as you call it a completed set, it's a completed set, since it meets your criteria. |
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United States
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I don't feel the need or want to crack my 1922 no D out of its slab to call my Lincoln cents complete. Others have different opinions ... I am one of the others. Crack-a-lacka!  I agree with the majority, do whatever makes you feel happiest. Do not worry if you do not know what that is now, you will know it soon enough. Regardless of what you decide, do not let anyone tell you that you are wrong. |
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Canada
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If a person had a collection of say 80 coins completing a set and 77 were in the album, and 3 slabbed; unless you were storing those three in safe, why wouldn't you crack those three open and put them in the album?
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why wouldn't you crack those three open and put them in the album? Because you lose money doing that. Youll have to get a 16D merc reslabbed to sell if you dont want to sell it for pennies on the dollar. If its a really high grade coin youll probably lose a point or two pushing it in and out of the album and sliding the plastic covers over it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would get the common dates in an album and the keys in a slab. Then I would make a note of it in the album like Fuzzy said.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To each his own. However, I collect coins, not plastic. I see no reason to keep a coin in a slab. If on the other hand a person constantly thinks of eventually selling their coins, then of course keeping them in a slab is benificial. And as to the type of Album, I'll still keep with Whitman. Yes Dansco looks nice but then just how many people that have them put them out on display. Almost all keep them hidden so who cares what the Album cover looks like? And too I still hate the empty slots at the end of most Dasnso Albums. Whitman at least takes the time to plan on how many coins fill a page. Quote:
I am most interested in building a quality set versus filling the holes. That is what many do when they plan on eventually selling off everything. If you plan on keeping everything, makes little difference where and how they are kept. I never sell nor plan on selling a coin so I never keep them in a slab. Just my way of collecting. Ome more thing is there are no silly nor dumb questions when it comes to a hobby. Any hobby. It is something for each person to do as they wish which is why a hobby should be and is fun. Edited by just carl
12/31/2013 5:30 pm
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