i'm and avid bust half collector. and i put my coins in the dansco alblums. when i acquire slabbed ones i cut them out and fill the hole as i do for the raw. do you think its wrong to take them out of the slab? should' the coin speak for itself. the reason i'am asking i have 1815 EF45 that i want to take out and fill the hole. what do you guys think. should i resell it and acquire a raw one.
Sell it as-is in the slab, to get the best price for your coin, BUT only if you know you can purchase another RAW coin which will please you just as much as the one you are selling. The raw coin will probably cost you less than you can get for the slabbed coin (depending on the slab) and you can pocket the difference.
At last count, I have over 142 (+/-) slabbed Lincolns which includes my 1909S-VDB and the 1922 No D Strong Reverse . I also have my raw collection (in Intercept Sheilds for years earlier than 1945 and 2x2's for years after). For this raw collection, I have "slots" open for the 1909S-VDB, 1922 No D Strong Reverse, and 1955 DDO. I am fortunate to have all of the other coins which includes the 14-D in both raw (VF20 - my grade) and slabbed form (NGC AU55). I also have purchased slabbed coins for my raw collection that I have broken out. [Yes, I do breakout coins from slabs from time to time]. I keep the small lable which has the coin description/grade and tape it to the reverse side of the 2x2...designating this coin came from ___ grading company and was a grade of ____. This way, if I HAVE to sell my coins, I can always say this coin was once in a NGC holder with a grade of MS66RD as stated on the NGC label (which is now attached to the reverse of my 2x2. The 1955 DDO is the only coin I am looking for that for me, technically, will complete my Lincoln collection (as I would like). I bring this up since I could easily break out my 1909S-VDB to fill in the raw slot, but instead, I am more than happy to pull the coin out from its safe keeping if somebody wants confirmation that I have a "complete" set. So...I wouldn't break it out unless as Old Dan suggested, you could sell it and apply the proceeds to a better coin of your liking. If you break it out, you will NOT realize as much as if you still had it slabbed proving the TPG's opinion of grade and authenticity of that coin. Otherwise, it will be your word that the coin is ____ grade versus the TPG who slabbed it.
All my coins are raw. I've only ever owned 3 slabbed coins. I bought a sovereign slabbed but i sold it within a few months. Of the other two one was a lincoln cent in a sample slab which i acquired to have a practice go at cracking open a slab, before i moved on to cracking the ducat out... both duly came out with very few problems. So i'm back to a slab count of zero.
thax for the good advice some times we take the slabed coins as face and factual to. i bought a 1828 sq2,sm8,sm LTRS.. it was 1828 sq2the rest of it was'ent. i learned a lesson on that one you can't belive what you see in slabs either. i wrote them a letter they never responde. the grading co was PCIit was a 0.117 instead of the 0.119. i had to by another and a$250.00 pop. but i learned always look closely at the slab to. than agin for the advice of where to place the slab reading.thanx jim stagg
i'm with you on raw coins raw are the best! the slabed coins take up to much room. the plastic on the cover gets scratched. if your into coins you no what your bying. i like them in my dansco alblum. so i can look at them. im cutting 4 out off their slabs wright now. thanx. jim stagg
The 1815 is actually 1815/12. It is the most rare date of Bust Halves. There are a couple of Overton Bust Half varieties that are rarer, but the 1815/12 is the biggie. I would not bust it out of a recognized holder.
