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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prime Mover, post: 1600992, member: 38783&quot;]John,</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a read through this older thread:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t70588/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t70588/">http://www.cointalk.com/t70588/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some serious considerations about cracking slabs to form an album, especially as the others have mentioned with possible later resale should you change your mind or go in a different direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>My opinion and suggestion would be to keep the slabs slabbed, and use them as a continual reference point for all the coins you want to self-grade.&nbsp; Buy up mint sets/proof sets, and non-slabbed coins as you will certainly get them cheaper in the long run, and using the slabs you already have (and any more you may acquire) as a reference you can hone your grading skills.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I was able to get 3 &#039;64 Accented hair Kennedys in full proof sets for about $35 each off eBay.&nbsp; This gave me 3 versions of the Kennedy to see which is the best, and it also gave me the other coins (90% silver quarter and dime as well) in the set to keep or resell to make some money back to put towards other coins for about the price of a single really good slabbed specimen.&nbsp; And, you never know what kind of DDO/DDR or error you might find with the other coins as a bonus.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could also do a full slabbed set of Halves, they make slab pages, albums, etc and by using the registry set tools from PCGS/NGC you can easily keep track of which coins you have, and which ones you need to fill that certain set.&nbsp; I use that function a lot now, and although I could care less about the &quot;score&quot; of my sets, it helps me keep them organized and lets me know what my next targets are.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with your collections, I look forward to seeing your pics as you go along... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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