Anyone ever throw in the towel?

Anyone ever sell off their RAW coins and go exclusively slabbed/graded? I not trying to start a RAW vs. slabbed thread as much as maybe a "changing directions or goals" type of thread. It seems since I've started the hobby my collection isn't very structured - if that makes sense.

 

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NEVER gonna throw it in! Slabbed costs too much for me

I will always stick with raw, and for selling purposes, send them in myself :hail:

 

I like doing both. I love my raw sets just as much as my slabbed coins, even though the slabbed have a greater value as far as dollar amounts. I have a raw toned Silver Kookaburra set that is the "Crown Jewel" of my collection. And have some slabbed coins that are more sentimental to me than a few of the raw. So I guess it just depends on each collectors likes and dislikes. Collecting raw and slabbed together, to me, is the best of both worlds.

 

I'm with schnauzer, I just like my coins. To me the plastic holder it's in is immaterial. It's all about the coin anyway isn't it?

 

Nah I like the option to hold my coins if I want to.

But if you're talking MS60+ or very rare coins, I may reconsider.

 

i own mostly slabbed coins cause i pick up mostly high grades 64 and up..

 

What do you mean by throw in the towel and structured collection? Like throw in, getting tired of grading yourself, wanting all coins to have some uniformity and thus wanting them all slabbed/non slabbed. Great topic but I'm not sure I completely understand . Would love to give my two cents, just need clarification lol.

Rant over

 

I thought the same thing when I read the title of the thread. "Throw in the towel" means to quit, as in "leaving numismatics altogether." But to address the OP's actual question: I love my unslabbed, unstructured collection.

 

I like my raws because I can put them in my Intercept books. Try to buy as many MS's as possible. I also like to have a few slabbed around to have some benchmarks for certified grades. I am 98% raw at the moment.

 

Can dealers on the most part make used car dealers look like Mother Teresa. If a coin is worth more then a few hundred dollars there is most likely a reason why it is not slabbed.

 

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wanting all coins to have some uniformity and thus wanting them all slabbed/non slabbed."

---- you got it exactly, you stated my issue better than I !!! Uniformity is basically my challenge right now...


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jloring , I should have said start over

 

I have thrown in the towel and buy exclusely slapped coins. Even on COMMONS there are deals to be made. But I concentrate on KEY COINS or SEMI KEY. MS63 and above

 

Ok I think I understand now. I haven't thrown in the towl persay. I only have three coins I buy/concentrate on. I do however like to be as uniform as possible. So as much as possible I stick to this....I buy my mercury dimes raw and my peace and Morgan dollars I buy PCGS slabbed.

 

I'm in the process of doing that right now.
My raw WL halves are gone. Will they be replaced with slabs? Nope, no intent at this time.
My raw Franklin halves are gone. Will they be replaced with slabs? Nope, no intent at this time.
My raw Mercs are mostly gone. Will they be replaced with slabs? Nope, no intent at this time.
My raw Peace $ are mostly gone. Will they be replaced with slabs? Yep, about 50% done.
My Washington quarters (silver) are next. No intent to replace.
I'd do the same with my Jefferson nickels but they aren't worth enough to make the effort.
I can't remember if my Roosies (silver) are gone yet or not, but they've already been replaced with slabs.

At this time I intend to keep the following raw collections:
-- Lincoln cent (keys are slabbed)
-- Buffalo nickels
-- Morgan dollars (partially slabbed)

I no longer purchase raw coins with one exception.
I'm trying to make a die marriage set of Capped Bust half dimes (1829-37).
If I can ID them as ones I don't have I buy them raw or slabbed, and in ANY reasonable condition.
That means AU or less (MS is WAY too expensive).
That means cleaned or lightly damaged is okay.
But not holed or badly damaged.

 

Never. Raw is always preferred. But if I buy a already slabbed coin, it's not because it's in a slab with a grade, it's because of the coin.

 

im willing to trade my raws for fake chinese slabs..

 

Us (early) copper guys (and girls) tend to go the other way, breaking out slabs to have raw copper.

Part of the reason is that TPG's do a lousy job of grading early (pre-1858) copper. Early American Copper (EAC) http://www.eacs.org/ grading is much more strict than the TPG's. On average, PCGS and NGC tend to be one full grade (not points) higher than EAC standards.

I much more prefer to see the raw copper in my hand than to peer at it through plastic.

 

I still buy raw coins.
If they are valuable enough, I'll send them in to NGC.
Many of the coins I bought years ago are still raw but eventually I'll submit the more valuable ones to NGC.
Why, you may ask - because it generally makes resale easier.

 

Thats kind of like me. I'm collecting Mercs and Walkers raw, and Morgans slabbed. NGC though.