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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 5311466, member: 73983&quot;]You also have to take into account, that back in the late &#039;70&#039;s and going into the &#039;80&#039;s these were cracked out massively by dealers at coin shows.&nbsp; There have been stories about lots of those large garbage cans being full of cracked open plastic.&nbsp; The reason they were cracked out is that a lot of dealers found the holders to be cumbersome and took up too much space.&nbsp; So they simply cracked them out and disposed of the plastic and the packaging.&nbsp; That is one of the reasons that GSA&#039;s in their original packaging carry a premium over a generic CC counterpart.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in the early days of the the TPG&#039;s, the coins were cracked out of the GSA holder and then put into TPG plastic.&nbsp; NGC I believe was the first to grade them in the holder, followed by ANACS.&nbsp; PCGS finally started grading them in the holder just a few years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve owned several over the years, but unfortunately I found myself with weak hands and have sold the ones I&#039;ve owned in the past.&nbsp; I do now own an 1884-CC in the original plastic case along with the box and certificate.&nbsp; I plan to hold this one until I am no longer here.&nbsp; I also plan to add to the collection as I come across ones I like.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1224284[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1224282[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1224281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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