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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 26408385, member: 13650&quot;]I hear you and I don&#039;t like to crack stuff out either, but I have a few times.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes just to re-submit.&nbsp; Sometimes to put in an album.&nbsp;&nbsp; It really depends on what the material is.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most crack outs don&#039;t really matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have buffalo nickel set going and I finally have it on the ropes this year.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s not a graded set but it is quality with a handful of graded coins in the album.&nbsp;&nbsp; I just put the labels in a 2x2 flip and tape that on the inside in line with where the coin is, similar to how hardware is labeled in boxes.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve actually got a couple semi keys to crack out tonight with one more left.&nbsp; &nbsp; I have not done this for most of the set but for a handful of semi key/key dates in low grades which are scarce but not that rare.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wanted them graded and authenticated.&nbsp; &nbsp; The common ones are common and easy to acquire in high grades.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The set is neat for comparing grading purposes for the series because I have some MS, some AU, all the way down to G and everything in between.&nbsp; &nbsp; The 13-S type 2 is a F details which is still a pricey piece but it&#039;ll be cracked out too.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see it as a big loss to crack that one and it will look better than a totally slick one in the set.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s known the population numbers can be way off to re-submits already.&nbsp; Depends on series and value.&nbsp; &nbsp; You can figure on a decent percentage in the census reports that don&#039;t really exist.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Some day maybe they&#039;ll create a system that scans coins to the atomic/molecular level and logs them all so unique coins can be submitted 10x and not affect the reports but until then, it&#039;s already an imperfect system.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ICG and ANACs shouldn&#039;t be looked down upon.&nbsp; People have submitted nice coins to them just because they like them or they may have been a cheaper, quicker, service to use.&nbsp;&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t take away from the coins.&nbsp; &nbsp; Not universal of course but there are some gems out there in those slabs.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have cracked ICG coins and had them cross or upgrade at NGC.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;m going to try it with a key date ANACs one soon that will be interesting but won&#039;t post results til I have them.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think it&#039;s going to be good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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