I might go for the Lindner albums, as they look quite nice. If I was going to slab all my bills, I would probably use CCCS, a Canadian company, since they are much cheaper than the US ones. The only catch with that is CCCS seems to be a much stricter grader than PMG or PCCS, the other slabs I have. It might just be the scratches all over my US slabs but the bills don't look like they would get the same grade from CCCS, from what I have seen.
I only go for uncirculated (well, to a point. Won't be long until I can't afford them anymore) and I doubt you can find many of these left professionally ungraded.
I started out with UNC as my preferred grade, too. Didn't take too long before a nice clean XF example was just fine for me, I graduated from quantity to quality in very short order and the cost of a note rose exponentially. The hobby is expensive enough that I like to be careful to purchase material that is going to appreciate in value, or at least what I think will rise, anyway.
Even a nice clean VF can be very acceptable, now.
You won't go wrong if you buy the best grade you can afford at the time.
Quote: The only catch with that is CCCS seems to be a much stricter grader than PMG or PCCS, the other slabs I have. It might just be the scratches all over my US slabs but the bills don't look like they would get the same grade from CCCS, from what I have seen.
The Canadian companies like CCCS and BSC are stricter in their grading. Which is good when buying because you get a higher quality bill for the same grade.
Not so good for selling as CCCS/BSC will give a lower grade than PMG/PCCS.
I do. Not notes from sleeves but coins from slabs. I take pictures of the coins in the slabs before I break them out. Then I tape the bar code tab to the pictures and put them in a sleeve in the back of my Dansco. Easy peasy!
Quote: I actually have one coin I want to break out of a slab but don't know how to do it without hurting the coin. How do you go about doing this?
Research! Research! Research! I would not attempt it or suggest it, unless you are 100% confident you can do it without damaging the coin. There are all kinds of YouTube videos out there you can get ideas from. Here's one.
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My plan was to give it to my nephew, the machinist and let him have at it. I will watch the videos instead. :)
The coin is not high-grade or super expensive but I have only seen it slabbed so I was stuck. (Canada 1926 Far 6 5 cent) It will fill the last hole in my album so I want it out of there.
Quote: My plan was to give it to my nephew, the machinist and let him have at it. I will watch the videos instead. :)
The coin is not high-grade or super expensive but I have only seen it slabbed so I was stuck. (Canada 1926 Far 6 5 cent) It will fill the last hole in my album so I want it out of there.
Quote: I actually have one coin I want to break out of a slab but don't know how to do it without hurting the coin. How do you go about doing this?
Personally, I always use a Dremel with a metal cutting wheel. However, I've used Dremels extensively for a long period of time, and it may not be the proper path for someone with no experience.
I also like to collect coins and notes of each 'type', if that's the correct wording. I have a 1935 $1 English, and then $1-20 of each note set afterwards (minus devil's faces) as well as all coins of each obverse and reverse, minus some silver coins as those silvers and the rest of the 1935 note set is far out of my wallet's reach. I also like to do the same with other countries and as of now am trying to collect the 'lowest' three banknotes for each country and if I visit that country on vacation etc. I collect one of each coin obverse and reverse as well as their notes up to $20 CAD equivalent. So far I am only missing banknotes from three currency authorities.
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