Just got this McKinley Commerative 1916 Dollar from Heritage auction.

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So excited, you dropped some letters!

 

Very nice. Let me know if you get tired of that one! Are you planning on keeping it slabbed?

 

Heck, I'd leave it slabbed. Most of these (that I have seen) have some sort of problem.

 

And you almost, I say almost, had me snookered on that old green holder.......

 

Thanks all! Yeah, I usually leave them slabbed. One thing great about having a "slabbed" coin....its much easier to handle and even show to other collectors. I once brought in a "unslabbed" FDC Macedon/Alexander III AV Stater to our coin club meeting for "show and tell". One member asked if he could take it out of the saflip and....I ended that in a hurry! The two things I do not like about "slabbed" coins are (a) the data is not complete (b) coins/esp. hammered ones are overgraded. Most European/UK auctions only rate slabbed MS-65 as "mintstate"
Kunker auctions even had slabbed MS-66 as fast stempelglanz!

 

Thanks all! Yeah, I usually leave them slabbed. One thing great about having a "slabbed" coin....its much easier to handle and even show to other collectors. I once brought in a "unslabbed" FDC Macedon/Alexander III AV Stater to our coin club meeting for "show and tell". One member asked if he could take it out of the saflip and....I ended that in a hurry! The two things I do not like about "slabbed" coins are (a) the data is not complete (b) coins/esp. hammered ones are overgraded. Most European/UK auctions only rate slabbed MS-65 as "mintstate"
Kunker auctions even had slabbed MS-66 as fast stempelglanz!

 

That's one reason I use Air-Tites for my raw modern coins and tokens.