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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 481702, member: 9270&quot;]Several comments.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>borgovan</b> sort of alludes to it.</p><p>Just because they are labeled &quot;proof&quot; doesn&#039;t mean they grade in the 60&#039;s.</p><p>You have to worry about cleaned, poorly toned, spotted or other &quot;impaired&quot; coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You&#039;ll have to make up your mind how you want your set to look.</p><p>1. Buy the inexpensive proof sets and crack the coins out (that would also give you a start on the other sets, nickels, dimes, etc.)</p><p>2. Don&#039;t crack them out and be satisified to know that in spite of holes in your Dansco album, you own the coins.</p><p>3. Buy the more expensive proof already slabbed and keep them that way.</p><p>4. Buy the more expensive proof already slabbed and crack them out (ouch!)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You need to <u>REALLY</u> sit back and decide what you can live with.</p><p>Don&#039;t do what I did.</p><p>I cracked out all my slabs because I wanted to display them one way only to change my mind later and get them all reslabbed.</p><p><u><b>THAT</b></u> was an expensive lesson about planning ahead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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