What would you do?

So you're going to complete your Mercury Dime album. The last one you need is of course the 1916 D. So you buy a certified one in the sealed case (that way you know it's real). Now here's the question:

Do You...
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A: Open the sealed case and put it in your album.​

Or...
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B: Keep in the sealed case, and buy a replica and put that in your album.​

 

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Well, here's one way to look at it: If you agree with the grade of the capsule--that is worth a certain amount of money.

If you don't, hey no problem break it out and regrade at some future date.​

As to mounting a replica??? personal choice I guess.​

 

B. Keep it in the sealed case. Put a piece of paper that says (see sealed case) in the 1916-D spot. I wouldn't even want to take the chance of scratching it or anything.

 

I have a complete set of Mercury Dimes and my 16-D is still encased in its slab where it will remain. I know most everyone has seen the pics of my 16-D, I know they're not the best but I'll post them again.

 

I would crack it out. But thats just me. I'm weird like that. It would just bother me not having it in my album.

 

I'd crack it out also, I love to look at a complete set. A few rounds of :hammer: should do the trick.

Phoenix

 

I have enough chances to look at my other complete sets to get the feeling of accomplishment. Theres only a few sets of mine that'll have key coins in slabs for authenticity reasons.

 

I would crack it out for my set, especially if it were a lower grade circ coin.

 

Crack it, hands down. :-D

 

Keep the original in the slab, and put a common-date Denver mint dime in that spot, showing the reverse. Since there is little chance of me buying an original 1916-D, that is what I did, in my album.

 

I'm just odd, but I would buy it slabbed and then just put both the folder and coin away....chances are that you will remember that you have the KEY date and there is no need to put a fake, filler, or common date in the place of that one to remind you.

Speedy

 

I would also keep it in the slab and put the two away (slab and book). I would know it's complete and I would want people that see it to realize the this one dime deserved special care.

Just my opinion.

 

Keep it slabbed. I need the 1916 D to complete my collection & I would only buy it slabbed for authenticy sake. In other collections I have some graded/slabbed coins that I keep sepatate. I know the collection is complete. Congrats on completeing a collection:thumb:

Bruce

 

Depends on the grade and how much you paid.

Can you post a pic?

If you paid more than $2,500. I'd keep in the slab if it was slabbed by NGC or PCGS.
If I paid less or it was in any other TPG slab ...crack it out because another slab will not be respected enough to authenticate.

 

Scan a pic and resize it to the size of the real thing, put a filler in the slot, and glue the pic of the real one on it.

Either way, I would not crack it out. Somebody, someday is going to want to sell it. IMHO, the value in a graded coin like that is not in the grade assigned, but in the authentication.

Wally

 

Will you be selling it anytime in the next few years or do you plan on keeping the set for very long term? If long term I say do it in a way that gives you the most viewing pleasure. You paid for the thing, you should get to enjoy it.

Another way to look at it would be: what is the cost of getting it slabbed again later? Are you willing to pay that cost to be able to keep the coin in your album for now?

I'm fairly new here but this seems like a simple question of economics to me. That is assuming that you don't incur any costs from taking the coin out of the slab (like damaging the coin would be an extra cost)

 

If you take the coin, a 1916-d Mercury in this case, out of the slab no matter what the grade and place it in an album, then whoever you hand your collection down to or if you decide to sell it yourself later on down the road the coin will have to be authenticated and slabbed again before its sold. Personally, I would not buy a coin like this, or any major key date for that matter, without it being sent away, if for nothing else, to be authenticated. Sorry, but I'm not willing to take the chance on wasting hundreds if not thousands on a counterfiet coin. Although I can spot most fakes when I see them, some of these low lifes are pretty good at manufacturing a rarity.

 

The 16D I would leave in the slab, and in the bank. I would not keep such a coin in the house. At the same time I don't fret too much about the security of the rest of my mercury collection, which would never arrive at a fraction of the value of that one coin. In such cases where I want to indicate that I own a coin that fits the hole, I place over it a round sticker like the kind you put prices on. The sticker states the grade and grader.

 

I wouldn't crack it personally as I didn't crack mine out. There is always a feeling of peace when dealing with the key coins when they've been slabbed by one of the good tpg's this way if you need to sell it people will know it is authentic.

 

My merc set has both the 16-d and the 42/41 still slabbed, along with my other keys, SVDB, 14-d etc, keep em all slabbed and put away. You know you have em.

I would in no way put a replica in an album of mine.