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Not true with many of us so called coin collectors at all. As I said I have no thoughts of EVER selling a coin. I do not think of coins as an investment, only a hobby.  |
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United States
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Not true with many of us so called coin collectors at all. As I said I have no thoughts of EVER selling a coin. I do not think of coins as an investment, only a hobby. That may be true.. but what happens when your heirs have the coins? Chances are they'll be sold at some point, which makes mattbrowning7's point valid. Any valuable coin will always be worth more slabbed and graded (by a reputable firm) than raw. So when someone down the line goes to sell it, it's better to have them in the slab. But, agreed. To each his own. They're your coins! |
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South Africa
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What was that old saying, "To Slab or not to Slab", that is the question  . |
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Canada
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It's provenance, not providence. I'm not stickling, and you don't want to sound dumb later if you said it. People like us should know.
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South Africa
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Greece
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You can put your slabs in an album also.I found this way in summer when the number of slabs in my collection increased.It's impressive for me far better than the 2x2 flips.Slabs it's a good protection for ms coins.For VF of course is worthless  |
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Greece
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That may be true.. but what happens when your heirs have the coins? Chances are they'll be sold at some point... Not my problem, I won't be here.  But seriously... I hope that my son (or the eventual grandchildren) will wish to keep them for sentimental reasons, and hopefully continue the hobby. This is my goal, to have a lasting tradition for my progeny. If all they care about is how much money they can get when I die, then I did something wrong. |
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Overall everyone is right. It is a matter of preference, and I probably won't be slabbing unless I come across a million dollar rarity. Then I'm selling it so I can finish my next set  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If I crack a slab open to put the coin in my 7070 album I tape the certification label to the back cover just for reference
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United States
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I also follow Bryan's train of thought. When I put the cracked out (does that sound quite right?) coin in the Dansco, I spread a little dab of "Elmer's Washable School Glue" on the NGC or PCGS label and press it on the back inside cover page. If I need to remove it at a later date, a dull knife or scalpel will lift it off with no damage to the Dansco.
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It's provenance, not providence you are correct  SD is correct as just finding that million dollar gem is ( ) with out history  the third side  |
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That may be true.. but what happens when your heirs have the coins? Chances are they'll be sold at some point, which makes mattbrowning7's point valid. Any valuable coin will always be worth more slabbed and graded (by a reputable firm) than raw. So when someone down the line goes to sell it, it's better to have them in the slab.
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Not my problem, I won't be here. Sort of kidding too but if we all start worrying about all our relatives, more time would be thinking of them than having fun in life. And for all you know when and if that time comes, some relative will dump your entire collection in a coin counting machine.  Sort of sounds silly and rediculous but that does happen. I always remember when I was a lot younger and spent a lot of money on a car. The seats were always coverd so the original seats looked like the day they left the show room. A year after I sold the that car I saw it and the new owners used it for transporting their kids and dogs. So goes those seats and so my interest in seat covers. Like I keep saying, this is a hobby and should be for FUN. Worrying about your relatives and/or whoever gets those coins is just a waste of time. You'll never know the outcome you know. |
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I only had one slab previously.....and it was an ASE MS69 from 2009, (since I couldn't get my Proof for that year) I'm awaiting a LWC 1914D to come back from ANACS. Now I see a bit of a quandry for me, because if it comes back "genuine", the slab guarantee's that. If I then crack it out of the slab and put into the hole in my Danco where I want it.....people looking at it would perhaps have reason to question it's authenticity. (it has a suspicious issue with the mintmark). Yeah, I could tape the ANACS information to the back of my album.....but.....well......I dunno what I'll do really. I DON'T want an empty hole in that slot !! But it might be foolish to crack this particular slab too !  |
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I have seen at least one 7070 Dansco collection where the slab labels were placed on the inside back cover of the album.
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