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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2256355, member: 19463&quot;]I no longer recommend removing slabbed coins from their holders.&nbsp; Instead I suggest selling them to someone who cares and using the money to buy a better coin.&nbsp; There are nice coins in slabs but there are also junkers and the writing on the label does not define the difference in every case.&nbsp; I bid on a slabbed coin I wanted but it went for 3x my bid.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if that was because someone else saw that the coin was nice or if they just read the label.&nbsp; I have faith that the segment of the market that buys labels will tire of the hobby and things will return to normal or I&#039;ll just die and take my worthless coins with me. Either way, no matter.&nbsp; Collectors of slabs are welcome here if and only if they realize that there is something about the coins worth learning that does not appear on the label.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Like ancients, gold is easier to photograph raw. My coin may be a junker but my photo is prettier. </p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/114684283.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I assume all realize that Dr. Sheldon thought a MS70 was worth seventy times the price of a basal poor 01.&nbsp; That is where he got the 70 business as opposed to another number.&nbsp; It was not his worst idea.&nbsp; If you support any idea that ever came out of that particular head, I hope it is coin related. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert_Sheldon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert_Sheldon" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert_Sheldon</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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