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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3299861, member: 77814&quot;]I&#039;ve been in the same quandry as you in the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the pre33s design.&nbsp; I would love to buy slabbed MS66s and crack them out so I can look at the fine details.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that&#039;s the problem.&nbsp; No matter how you document the coin once it is OUT of the slab then it&#039;s NOT graded anymore.&nbsp; Once you touch it, accidentally drop it (don&#039;t ask me),&nbsp; get finger oil on it .. then it&#039;s not the same grade as once before.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing that connects your cracked out coin to the slabbed one except your &quot;opinion&quot;.&nbsp; And coin dealers don&#039;t consider that at all in valuation.&nbsp; One can easily have 2 coins, and say the other less one is the one from the slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I decided just to get the ones closer to spot, AU/BU.&nbsp; I stay away from the cleaned ones though.&nbsp; For me, I haven&#039;t missed the &quot;MS66&quot; and probably enjoy the coins much more than if I bought slabbed.&nbsp; And enjoy the &quot;less cost&quot; factor too versus cracking out higher grade ones.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One could wait for a high grade slabbed &quot;details&quot; coin too to crack out to save some money just for the idea that you are buying a higher grade coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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