break the slab?

Yeah, I agree - that's why I do it with at least one, but keep others in their original holders. I'd like to see the satins added to the albums. Know of any manufacturers that have holes for the satins in their albums?

 

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No, but the TPG'ers seem to make a distinction.....

 

What are the TPG'ers?

 

Third party grading service. You know, NGC, PCGS, ANACS......

 

Ha, didn't realize I resurrected a 2 year old thread... my bad.

In any case, I personally like to visualize my collection, which I find hard to do when they are encapsulated, so I plan on setting them all free, but keeping the TPG labels for reference somewhere in the album.

 

IMO, this discussion is moot.
[NOTE: I did NOT use the term "argument". I really like CT because conflicting opinions rarely reach the argument level.]

Some people like slabs; some don't.
Sort of like the "type set" discussion; you get to do your own thing.
And in general no one is totally one way or the other.

BTW, in case you haven't figured it out from my other posts, I'm probably close to the strongest pro-slab person on CT.

 

Consider this when you collect coins in a Dansco album....

Popping out coins isn't that much of an issue for the common dates... However, when you get to the very expensive key dates you may just not want to take the coin out and then you have a dilemma. There will be an empty spot now in the album. In my opinion if there is one empty spot, there might as well be 20. At least in the Morgan series, there are key dates that even in a G grade are very expensive.

I started a Dansco album when I first started collecting, but abandoned it after a while for this reason. I mean if I pay $1000 or better for a coin that is slabbed, I am sure as hell not going to pop it out and throw it into an album. That would be insane... the risk is too high. And why start collecting in an album you can't complete?

 

You really have to take a close look at value, If the coin,s you are collecting
Dot have much value thats one thing but if your breaking open high grade
Slabbed examples i would think twice!!

 

How would YOU enjoy it more. This is our hobby, it should be fun. For me, filling that hole in the Dansco FAR outweighs what my kids will do once I'm gone. My collection is my hobby and I do what I enjoy. My kids will do with it what they want after I'm gone....That's my 2 Lincolns.

 

For me, keeping the coin as close to the same condition as when I bought it is #2, just behind acquiring the coin (which is #1).
Hence, if I buy them in slabs, they stay in slabs.
Like I said previously, there are 4 holes in my Lincoln album: 1909-S VDB, 1909-S, 1914-D and 1922 Plain (there never was a hole for the 1955 DDO).
Got the coins but they'll remain in their slabs.

It's only this year that I finally decided that I will never dispose of my collection as long as I'm financially sound.
My wife gets the collection if I go TU and she knows who to contact if she wishes to dispose of it.
If we both go then my SiL and her hubby get it and it's theirs to do with as they wish.
We have no kids to leave it to, and my sister is the black sheep of the family.

 

I never break out a coin. It is protected as-is and does not deserve to be taken out of a case insuring that it is authentic and such a such a grade. To me it is like buying a new car and then taking out the ac.

 

Amen to that, A coin in a slab is protected and the grade will always be known.

 

unless it's in the new ANACS holder

 

You have to love all the opinions!!

 

I understand your point. For my particular collection (Peace Dollars), there is only one coin that falls into your > $1000 criteria, the 1934 S. I fully plan on buying this coin certified (preferably NGC or PCGS). I then plan on carefully prying the slab open, and gently inserting it, as the final peace, into my Dansco album. I just can't envision the thought of having one or more slots open in the album. Even more, I can't envision enjoying a collection of 24 slabs. I prefer the up close and personal view the Dansco albums provide. While there is some risk involved in de-slabbing the coin, that is a risk I am willing to take. (did it twice this weekend for 1923-D and 1926-S.)

 

Me either.. that's why I abandoned the album pretty early on.

I understand what you mean about having them in slabs as opposed to raw, there is something really amazing about being able to look at and hold (with gloves) the coin itself. As sort of a compromise I started collecting only PCGS and NGC slabbed Morgans. NGC has an amazing online registry that allows you to create your own "set", upload pictures, compete with some of the most ardent collectors in the world and share online your entire collection. Not only do you satisfy the collecting addiction, but now you can compete and share with everyone.

 

Iam doing the same, Started out collecting raw notes then moved in
To the competitive arena! Now doing the PCGS thing it really enhances
Collecting and i have alot more fun showing others my collection:hail:

 

What's the deal with the ANACS holder?? I got some new Lincoln Cents in those.

 

Lot o' folks (mind you, not all) feel that, with the change in management at ANACS, that it's not the same TPG'er that it used to be.

 

If you want to crack it out, then I say crack it out!

You can always save the slab insert. Tape it to the back of the album. That's what I do.