I would be inclined to keep it in the slab for convenience and storage and just add a label with my own opinion about the grade. It might also be...
Think of it this way. It's still a 65 with a scratch. It just can't be put into a slab from certain companies because they have a delusion that...
I have collections of coins, 1950s-60s baseball cards, and pre-World War II phonograph records. My wife has collections of refrigerator magnets...
I can only speak for me. In the pre-internet 70s I mostly collected coins from circulation and bank rolls. Then, as now, it was mostly an...
You said it yourself, there are other coins you would rather have first for the same money. I think this will become more and more the attitude...
I don't know how you find such nice CBHs for well under $100. The ones I see are cleaned, dinged, damaged, etc.
Buying the 95w is like throwing money away.
Probably professionally dipped, otherwise okay.
I think the top TPGs add value. The authentication aspect is very valuable, and having their opinion about the grade helps prevent getting...
It's always good to have more bullion coins.
I thought there could be some problem from the chemicals in a confined space even if there wasn't direct contact.
One question: Will the toner/ink on the labels do anything to the coins over time?
I always suggest putting together a set of Silver Eagles. They are relatively inexpensive, great looking, and it's difficult to make a mistake...
I think it was probably whizzed too, although I've never actually whizzed a coin myself or watched anyone else do it. I'd like to some time in...
I interpret it as a coin that is MS but with some signs of wear from contact with other coins or from the way it was stored rather than from...
Everything is collectible, especially if you can put together a nice group of them. I would think that counterfeits are right up there with all...
I have a few coins that have been in the same 2x2 since the 1960s and they don't look any different now than they did 40 years ago.
I agree.
I also have duplicates, which is why I like buying the blank pages that aren't preprinted with dates and mintmarks. Then you can label them any...
For the morgans in your generic example, you can get Whitman or Harris folders with blank pages, sort them by date/mintmark, then use stick-on...
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