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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 415110, member: 13650"]......and do what with them? Submit all for grading? Air-tites? Tubes? Cardboard 2x2's? IS 2x2s? </p><p><br /></p><p> I think he may as well leave em in the album now. I recently bought a 1980 proof set, still in the mint's sealed case and some of the coins have haze on them. Especially the penny. You can only do so much.</p><p><br /></p><p> The stuff's got to be more enjoyable in the album. If there's some you really like and you want a perfect one, buy a slabbed one and stash it away.</p><p><br /></p><p> I'm buying MS franklin halves for my Intercept shield album. If I decided the only good method would be to stuff them in a plastic tube, then I'd only buy worn, beat up ones and throw them in with the rest. I hate card board 2x2s because of the staples. I don't keep anything in them. They're good for shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p> My belief is that some coins are meant for the tube. Some are meant for display in an album (to be seen). Really nice ones should be slabbed or in individual plastic 2x2s and stashed away, to be known about and rarely seen. Of course a slab is the best.</p><p> At some point you have to enjoy the hobby, not worry about it and do what you want to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 415110, member: 13650"]......and do what with them? Submit all for grading? Air-tites? Tubes? Cardboard 2x2's? IS 2x2s? I think he may as well leave em in the album now. I recently bought a 1980 proof set, still in the mint's sealed case and some of the coins have haze on them. Especially the penny. You can only do so much. The stuff's got to be more enjoyable in the album. If there's some you really like and you want a perfect one, buy a slabbed one and stash it away. I'm buying MS franklin halves for my Intercept shield album. If I decided the only good method would be to stuff them in a plastic tube, then I'd only buy worn, beat up ones and throw them in with the rest. I hate card board 2x2s because of the staples. I don't keep anything in them. They're good for shipping. My belief is that some coins are meant for the tube. Some are meant for display in an album (to be seen). Really nice ones should be slabbed or in individual plastic 2x2s and stashed away, to be known about and rarely seen. Of course a slab is the best. At some point you have to enjoy the hobby, not worry about it and do what you want to do.[/QUOTE]
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