Has NGC Gone Overboard with Slabbing

I can see them coming out in Happy Meals.

 

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Along with a beanie baby.

 

The Ronald Reagan label for the 1986 SAE makes some historical sense. Beyond that, the labels are mass production of coins that grade 69/70 and I have no interest in them.

I bought a raw XF 1900 s Barber half this week. Now that's what I find exciting and worthy of my time.

 

I agree with most of what’s been posted already, though they do have one special holder option that I find pretty cool (assuming it doesn’t degrade and harm the coin in the holder). Scroll down to the bottom to see their glow in the dark holder: https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-grading/holders/

 

Well, "Available for select bulk submissions only." means you can't get it...

 

NGC is perhaps "goring the bull" and will, I hope, regret this foolish short term marketing nonsense... It has a similar smell to the millions of philatelic items with: gold embossed foil stamps, first-day covers/coins attached, sheets/sheetlets/extended special issues in large (read: $$$ formats), issues honoring American Presidents, Space exploration, etc, from nations that have no ties to the USA, etc... Shame... :-(

 

I doubt it. It makes them money and it's popular which is why submitters keep coming up with new ones. It's not like someone has to get one with every label type. People just pick the one they like best or one of the ones they like if they want and get that. Most people like at least some of them, if there's ones they don't like they get one that they do like.

 

I agree. I don't think there are many out there who try to get every label. There are the few and far between slab collectors, but those are relative rarities...

 

Sadly I fear one day our pockets won’t have pocket change anymore but pocket slabs instead!

 

Sadly I fear one day our pockets won’t have pocket change anymore but pocket slabs instead!

 

Sadly I fear one day our pockets won’t have pocket change anymore but pocket slabs instead!

 

hermetically sealed paper Bitcoin wallets

 

There almost all slab generation and sample slab guys too, I can't recall of anyone ever trying to get all of every version of label for something like ASEs where most of the labels come from.

 

I have never understood the fascination with these plastic tombs. I prefer my coins raw. Of course I also could not care less if a coin is a 66 or 67 on some made up grading scale. I collect coins because I like them.

 

Here Here Orfew I’m with you

 

Everyone else collects coins because they like them as well

 

No point in starting still-another raw vs. slabbed debate. Everybody is going to do what makes them happy. No one has a monopoly on the “right way’’ to collect.

 

No. Sorry but I cannot agree with that at all. Some people collect for investment without any thought for the coins in and of themselves.

 

Collecting graded coins doesn't make any one less of a collector nor are you a better collector for not liking slabs. Investment collectors are a minuscule percentage of collecting.

 

Some people seem to collect the slabs and not the coins. Yes, that makes them "less of a collector". It is supposed to be about the coins not the plastic tombs that are inflicted upon collectors by people eager to make money. I never said I was a better collector. Do not put words into my mouth because you are offended by someone who does not agree with you.

The percentage does not matter as long as there are some who care more for investment potential than the coins as works of art and pieces of history. My point stands.

Enjoy your plastic tombs and I will enjoy my coins.

I wish everyone the best in their collecting goals regardless of their focus or interests. Have fun!