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<p>[QUOTE="illini420, post: 1148024, member: 19423"]Here's a thread I did awhile back here about my experiences in cracking slabs and putting nice coins in albums... might be worth a look:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t70588/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t70588/">http://www.cointalk.com/t70588/</a></p><p> </p><p>I'm still against the cracking game for several reasons and am very happy with my coins in their slabs. They are much better protected and much more marketable in the slabs than in an album. If I want to upgrade one of my coins, it's easy to sell my current slabbed example... will you be able to sell your cracked out coin if you decide to upgrade? Will a dealer agree with the previous grade? A bigger concern for me is my family. When the time comes and I pass on, my family is much more likely to be able to sell the higher value coins in my collection in their slabs than they would if I had cracked them all out and stuck them in albums. </p><p> </p><p>It's up to you whether you crack or not, but before you do so make sure to really think it over first <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="illini420, post: 1148024, member: 19423"]Here's a thread I did awhile back here about my experiences in cracking slabs and putting nice coins in albums... might be worth a look: [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t70588/[/URL] I'm still against the cracking game for several reasons and am very happy with my coins in their slabs. They are much better protected and much more marketable in the slabs than in an album. If I want to upgrade one of my coins, it's easy to sell my current slabbed example... will you be able to sell your cracked out coin if you decide to upgrade? Will a dealer agree with the previous grade? A bigger concern for me is my family. When the time comes and I pass on, my family is much more likely to be able to sell the higher value coins in my collection in their slabs than they would if I had cracked them all out and stuck them in albums. It's up to you whether you crack or not, but before you do so make sure to really think it over first :) Good luck.[/QUOTE]
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