Hi all, Had a thought I would like to share. I am putting together some mint state coin albums. Once they are completed at least to my satisfaction I thought it would be kinda neat if the coins can be graded in the album and sealed to make a graded set. Don't know if that is possible to grade without having to be taken out of the album. All the dates and grades can be on a seal page inserted into the album as a page. The slides could be sealed to prevent the slides from being removed. Both with matching barcodes or such. I think that would so cool to have a graded set. Just a thought I had. Would like to hear any thoughts everyone might have. Thanks.
Don't think it woulld be possible to grade coins in an album and seal it. About the closest thing to that that I know of would be NGC's multi-coin holders. They will grade mutiple coins, such as a Proof set or a year set and place them all in one big, sealed slab. CLICK HERE to see more.
Yeah I wasn't to sure if it was possible to grade them in an album. I've seen those holders. Not a real big fan of slabbed coins. Actually I only own 2 coins that are in slabs. I might crack those 2 out not sure yet. Anyways thanks for the post. Just wanted to hear what some thoughts were.
Difficult to figure out how that could be done. What type of albun are you referring to? Is it a Dansco or Whitman type album? What good would it do to even try to seal such an album? If it is that kind of album sealing the plastic slides would serve no purpose since the pages themselves are cardboard and paper and therefore porus. Sealing the plastic slides would only make it difficult, not impossible, to remove a coin. As for slabs, I to don't like them. I've purchased coins in slabs only to verify their originality and then use a saber saw to cut the coins out. I save the lable, put it on the inside cover of an album where the coin is located. I put the lable on a yellow sticky type piece of paper for easy removing to another album if required.
Getting a complete set of all coins in the same grade isn't practical. If you want graded coins, get slab boxes or slab displays and store them that way. This way you can trade up and upgrade individual coins in your collection rather than being stuck. Take Indian Head cents for instance, a set in ms65 red is worth close to $300,000. There may be only a few people in the world with the time, money and resources to put such a collection together. If you have a set that valuable, there are options open to you like getting a custom presentation case made with slots that will fit the slabbed coins. The likelyhood of a set of that magnitude staying together past 1 generation is minimal unless it's housed at the Smithsonian or something like that.
Hey carl, The albums are dansco. The sealing of the slides at the page ends were just to keep the coins from being switched out. Don't really care if the coins tone. Toned coins (natural toned) are growing on me the more I look at them. I also have broke coins out and the lables stuck to the inside of the album. Pyro I see what you are saying about the practicallity of them all being one grade. That is an impossibility for me, the funds are not to be had for something like that. I am just putting together some sets for my kids to have when I'm gone. That way they will know what they have and might not get ripped as bad if they sell it. I just like the layout of the albums. Well thanks for your thoughts.
Howdydoo, If you are concerned about your kids selling the coins or spending them, I would put a stipulation in your will that the coins must never be sold or split up under any circumstances. You can also put them ina trust and not let them get to it until they are age 25 or more when they are able to appreciate them.
