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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedie, post: 1051764, member: 28064&quot;]Hi from a fellow ASE collector!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Personally I prefer my coins in original mint packaging where possible. I spent a lot of time putting together a complete collection of ASE proof and burnished coins in OMP, and to me they&#039;re way more appealing both from visual and tactile standpoints than the bullion coins which I bought slabbed by NGC (bullion coins of course never had any OMP). From a quality perspective, as Aslanmia said, as long as you examine the coin carefully for marks/hazing/milk spots then any ASE proof should be at least a PR67 with most being PR68 or higher.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now when it came to collecting the other modern dollars (Eisenhower, Susan B Anthony, Sacagawea) the only way to get them in OMP would have been to buy complete mint sets for each year of issue. That would have been costly, and additionally I have no real interest in the other coins in the sets, so I went with PCGS PR69 DCAM for them. Presidential dollars are available in proof sets without any other coins, so I have those in OMP.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mostly it comes down to personal preference. For the ASEs there isn&#039;t a vast difference in price for slabbed PR68/69 vs OMP until you consider the 1995-W proof. There you&#039;re looking in the low $3K area for a PCGS PR69 DCAM example, but to get it in OMP you have to buy the 1995 Anniversary set which runs $5.5K - 6K.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Have fun collecting!</p><p>Speedie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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