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Message:: [QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 4643880, member: 105098"]It's a gimmick. If you cracked a coin out of the slab you wouldn't get the label again so this should tell you it's got nothing to do with the coin really and not worth the premium As it stands the American Silver Eagles are bullion coins and only worth their melt value really if you sold it regardress if it's slabbed or not unless you find a sucker. But a dealer is paying melt for it and don't care about the slab. If they are lower mintage maybe it's worth a bit above melt, that's about it. They do this all the time really always looking for a way to make a new label that people will buy and try to market a couple extra dollars out of it. All just marketing gimmicks you won't necessarily get you money back out of if you bought them and wanted to sell it later. ASE's SHOULD be MS69 or 70 unless mishandled. The earlier dates from the 80s and early 90s might be worth it for a collector for the premium. But still they are bullion coins not meant to be circulated, just put away for periods of time and then change hands. I'm sure there are opposing opinions and "what about this scenario?" There are exceptions I'm sure. My rule of thumb is if you cracked it out of the slab could you tell? and if you resubmitted it and won't get the same attribution on a new label then it's not worth whatever the cost additional is and it's a marketing gimmick.[/QUOTE]