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Pillar of the Community
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So I was finally able to cash some gift certificates (from a local coins shop) I got on my birth day back in November. They were were hurting for better grade, early Lincolns. The 2nd owner finally offered to sell me some from his personal collection. WOW does he have a nice one! As I cherry picked some Lincolns, and kept looking at the holes for coins I have in slabs. Previously I had considered cutting out circles out of white cardboard and annotating the year/mint/grade/grader in small print. Other people have suggested just plugging the holes with random Lincolns, but I'm kind of anal and that would bug me. Then an idea just came to me. Why not fill the holes with circulated Indian cents? It's a completely different type, so I don't get the "wrongly placed Lincoln" feeling. And I think it adds some nice character when you browse through the album. I elected to work backwards with the dates. Lincolns started in 1909, so I picked up a nice, circulated 1908, 1906, 1905, and 1904. I love it! So out of curiosity... for those of you who elect to keep coins in the slab, what do you do about the empty holes? |
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Pillar of the Community
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A good question, US. I have been frustrated with the same thing. My answer has been to buy G-4 quality coins of the date and mint mark and fill the hole. Not perfect but at least accurate. I am missing the 09-S VDB and the 22 ( no D) naturally in my Lincoln set. Hmmmm, someone could start a business making properly marked copies both brown and bright red just for people like you and me.
Jim
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The copies of those are out there I see them now and then on ebay ,, sounds like you guys have two collections ,, one in slabs and one raw ,, maybe the answer is to complete both ? Metalman |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I just can not stand having a coin in a slab and an empty slot in an album for the same coin. Every coin I buy if in a slab, I just take it out for my albums. I really don't see any benefit in keeping the coins in a slab unless the future is to sell them. I never sell coins so having a coin in a slab serves no purpose. As usual my suggestion is to take all your coins out of the slabs and put them in albums where they belong.
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 Carl has it right, at least for me. I love the satisfaction of having a completed album with all the holes filled with the right coin. Some might argue that the slab is a better way to protect them. Well, I tend to keep to the middle grades myself, so I do not think having them in the album would ever hurt them. But Carl will tell you, he has had coins in albums for many years. Stored properly, they should be no worse off than entombed in a slab! |
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Carl has a good point. If you have no intention of selling these in the future, then maybe the slab is not the way to go.
Or like Metalman suggested, collecting a set of raw and slabbed Lincolns, might be the best option.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would crack them out and put them in the album. It would bother me too much that it wasn't there. But if you can't do that, maybe just take a life size photo of your coin print it out on heavy stock paper, cut it out and stick it in the hole.
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Pillar of the Community
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i think if I went to the trouble of buying the slabbed coin (it costs a ton of money to get it slabbed) then I would just put some other coin in the hole.
That plus if the coin is slabbed it is most likely worth something and so it is the best way to store your coin.
That and I just like slabbed coins
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I dont think I could take a slabbed unc or AU+ coin and put it in a book...e.g. I have lots of unc slabbed mercuries. I also have several full books of them that have stored those dimes for over 40 years. Most of the mercs in the book are XF+ and have stayed beautiful; some have beautifully toned. None of those books has the 16-D in it...my 16-d is slabbed and staying that way; as is my 09 svdb...y'know?
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Valued Member
United States
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Some use the Philly or Denver token that comes with
a mint set. It's a nice look.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2703 Posts |
I bought some lineman's end nipper pliers and cut out several coins from slabs last week. Boy was it great to have those babies free at last! It was like getting new coins for my collection without any new expense. I just could not enjoy them in their plastic coffins.
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United States
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t360, I got that same feeling a when I freed my proof coins from their OGP and put them in my albums. Total cost that day: $0. Feeling of accomplishment: priceless!
I must admit I have never bought a slabbed coin, let alone break one out! Other than breaking up the proof sets, the closest I have come was freeing my 3CS from a plastic holder to add to my 7070.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm in the same situation. I've bought slabbed coins for my type set and my initial plan was to crack them out to insert in the album. But I've been avoiding it. Although I'm not planning on selling them in the near future if a situation arise I might need to. For that reason I've been holding onto them. What I've decided is to continue to hold on to them till the type set completes, once I have all the coins then I'll see how I'm feeling and will proceed from there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You know, Rick is probably right. Only question is, do you really want to start paying to slab coins that are only worth $10. Maybe the way to do it is build the best raw set you can and collect keys and semi-keys in slabs.
Jim
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