LMC 1981-S PR Type 2; (Your Opinion Needed)

You got a great deal. I bought mine for $50 raw, I gave it a PR-68. Why don't you like the slab? It's PCGS, nothing wrong with that.

You can't see from the photo, but it has just enough spotting to make it 67 and not 68. My opinion plus my trusted coin shop dealer's also.

I guess I am just from another age of collecting when it comes to slabs.

I thought this was just another way to add value to a coin. But that doesn't seem to be the case, when you spend so much to slab it and then get about the same price as raw.

So, the marketers said it's a better investment because all is well with slabbed coins. I am a collector and not an investor. My great-great grandson will be joining here saying "I just got these coins from my grandfather and I was wondering if they are worth anything". Sorry, Kid, your great-greatgrandfather collected common copper cents from circulation.

I like handling the coin and filling that hole in a book. By the way, why 1974S type II in the dansco album? Now I'm sounding like Just Carl, but he at least he's always correct.

Thanks for the reply -- Terrell

That coin is the second toughest 1981-S T2, after the hideously expensive SBA dollar. Here is my opinion on the slab- I personally would not have bought that coin from pictures if it was not in a slab- proper attribution on the 81s is much tougher than on the 79s, the difference is not as dramatic. Based on those photos, I cannot tell what type of mint mark it is and I would not buy it if it was not in a slab and properly attributed. If I had it in hand, I would be able to differentiate the two.