Here are the 1946 PDS Washingtons for my toner Dansco. The P & S were bought raw, the D was in a PCGS MS66 slab. It went for significantly less than I expected on eBay so I snagged it and cracked it out for the album. The P images were done by Shane Canup and the D & S images were done by Bob Campbell. I think they both did excellent jobs.
Does cracking out a coin from a PCGS or NGC slab to put in an album lower the value of said coin???? I say yes - what say you????
Thanks guys, glad you like them! Yes it does. However, I collect coins because I like coins, not the plastic. It looks a LOT better in the Dansco than in the slab.
Good for you. Coin Vault is a total rip-off. However, I'm not buying Coin Vault. I'm buying coins with my own two eyes and putting them in the Dansco. I've been around coin collecting long enough to know what a coin should look like for the series I collect, and what a reasonable price is for a given date/mm. It's called coin collecting... just like people did before plastic came along. I have nothing against plastic. I own a bunch of slabbed material. However, for reasonably inexpensive series, and grades, I don't worry about the plastic. A point difference in grade is not going to make a huge difference and the prices for raw coins in general are cheaper than for a slabbed coin at a comparable grade. However, most importantly, it's MUCH MORE FUN, to have a bunch of coins as opposed to a bunch of plastic. You can hold the coins in your hands, and they look a whole lot better in a Dansco than in a bunch of NGC/PCGS boxes.
We aren't talking about coins that cost several hundred dollars or more, so the difference shouldn't be that much. Nice coins OP!
Nah, I think the plastic is worth at least as much as an Air-tite for the physical protection it offers.
