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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randy Abercrombie, post: 25978292, member: 92655&quot;]The dilemma of the OCD coin collector. Brother, I feel your pain! I have a Merc dime book that appears complete. I do have the 16-D (key to the series) but it is in a slab. I actually purchased a counterfeit 16-D to plug the hole with. Not a solution I would recommend to folks though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a three cent nickel set complete and three of those are slabbed. The holes in the book drove me so crazy that I plugged them with wrong dates. Again, not a solution I would encourage.</p><p><br /></p><p>They tell me that there are &quot;faux&quot; hole plug coins out there on the web but I have never researched them. But here&#039;s what I am thinking. All the Franklins can be had at reasonable prices. Perhaps you could plug the holes with &quot;average&quot; specimens and leave your slabbed coins slabbed? I have also seen folks photograph their slabbed coin and use that to plug the hole.... Frankly, I do not see the harm in cracking open a slab to plug a hole but you may regret that years down the road when you want to sell the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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