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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bg35765, post: 1592134, member: 42710&quot;]One area of coin collecting that I am struggling to make a decision on is whether to buy modern commemoratives in the original packages, or buy one that has been slabbed by NGC or PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have already decided that any old coins I buy will be slabbed, since I am too new to be able to grade them or detect cleaning.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But I thought the moderns were a different story.&nbsp; Almost all of them get graded either 69 or 70.&nbsp; So I figured I would buy them in the original packaging with COA in case they ever commanded a premium for having the original packaging.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought my opinion was reinforced when I saw the pictures on this website that actually lowered my impression of the third party graders -- at least for grading modern coins in bulk.&nbsp; (A young guy with a bunch of tattoos on his arms and a bucket of Twizzlers on the desk.)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m starting to reconsider though.&nbsp; The mint packaging is all different sizes depending on the year, type of coin, whether it is a 2 coin set, etc.&nbsp; That is pretty inconvenient to store and open them to see the coins.&nbsp; So I&#039;m thinking about buying slabbed commemoratives in a 69 grade instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would not buy them from the mint and have them slabbed, because I think that is too expensive for the dollars and half dollars.&nbsp; I would let a dealer buy them and get them graded in bulk at a lower rate.&nbsp; And then I would buy them on ebay already slabbed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?&nbsp; Has anyone converted from one method to the other?</p><p><br /></p><p>My only doubt is that maybe 100 years from now some guy will walk into a coin shop and the owner will say, &quot;Wow!&nbsp; You actually have the original mint packaging!&nbsp; Back in the day everyone had their coins slabbed and threw this stuff away.&quot;&nbsp; Not that I&#039;ll be around to worry about it, but it is always the things that are not supposed to be collectible that end up being sought after the most.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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