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Pillar of the Community
United States
509 Posts |
Kinda wondering what it was like before the days of the TPG's. I'm new to this and have only a few slabbed coins but the reason I started is because I enjoy the beauty, the age and history of them and the slabs seem to come between me and the pleasure of picking them up, turning them over and holding them in my hands (while still encapsulated), having a good heft and just a good old-fashioned, wide-eyed look. I can see where slabs are important in that they have the seal of approval from a TPG and thusly provide a set and firm value. But investment and resale are not really issues for me. Anyone ever unslab? |
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Valued Member
United States
64 Posts |
Definately to put in my Dansco 7070.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
Every chance I get.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1534 Posts |
If that's the problem you could just buy raw coins.
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
I have broken many slabs. I have it down to an art on each TPG company. I prefer my albums really. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
Let those puppies breath.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
Haven't bought a slabbed coin. But if I ever ... the plastic will go in the garbage!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
564 Posts |
I crack them out and keep the label. I think slabs are stupid and take away from the coins natural beauty. For example when you are at a museum you always want to touch the stuff behind the glass and can't. This is your chance to touch history! Free them and enjoy them in their natural environment...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd say about 20% of my collection is in slabs & it looks like they will stay there. My main concern when buying a coin is that I get a good deal & occasionally I'll find a deal on a slabbed coin I need for my collection. I always tell myself I'll crack it out & put it in my 7070.....& always end up convincing myself to buy another one so I can leave the first one in the slab just in case I want to resell.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
509 Posts |
Pretty much agreed all around then. Bust em out, set em free and just enjoy. Sounds like a good way to go for me as a private collector with no investment interests. I was just curious as to how many others were already doing it. I read on another forum of one collector who keeps his coins in a climate-controlled bank vault. To each his own I guess but what's the point? Locked away. Might as well not exist. Don't think he was a dealer. I've read that Dansco albums provide good protection but what I'd really like is an album which will accomodate coins that are still sealed in an airtight plastic capsule. Not sure if one exists.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I seldom buy slabbed coins but when I do I break them open. I put all coins in Whitman Classic Albums. I collect coins, not plastic. And as to what it was like prior to TPGS's. When I was a kid there was no such thing. Of course there was also few Folders, no albums, flips were always around, no TV either and no computers, no camera phones, no FAX machines, No computer printers and gas for a car was about $0.32/gal. Most coin collectors were known as idiots or jerks. Mostly all coins you collected came out of change. Not to many hobby stores delt with coins, mostly postage stamps. There was no one selling coins on a HSN on TV since we didn't have such TV's. No calculators, no watches that you didn't have to wind and no one was a drug addic since no one knew what that was anyway. No coin shows, no gun shows, no knife shows and probably only dog or car shows. AND you could walk down any street any time of the day or night and never even think of being robbed. Imagine looking through your change and saying to yourself something like OH, now what is this stupid thing the Mint did to our Mercury dimes now with this old guy on the Dime. As kids we didn't know who he was. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have two collections that are slabbed, with a total of 21 coins. The rest of my collections are in Capital Plastics BVD holders, some of those coins have been set free but most were purchased before TPG's came into the market. |
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Greece
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I buy slabbed coins and put them in my albums.Want it or not slab is the king at present.There is too much fraud in the coin market!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
509 Posts |
That's a very nice looking display epop. Much better than boxing or stacking. What kind of album is that? Haven't seen one before.
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Greece
425 Posts |
that's a self made album.I bought a big empty album from a book store and the pages from Leuchtturm.But I can see Krause site selling these lately.
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12/12/2010 3:04 pm
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Posted 12/10/2010 7:36 pm
