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Message:: [QUOTE="MrOrange1970, post: 2644775, member: 80547"]Has anyone here ever purchased a coin that was slabbed and then wish they hadn't?  I'm currently working my way toward collecting an entire set of Lincoln Wheat's with all Philly being mint state and my D and S being XF-MS (depending upon year). I recently came across a 1925 PCGS MS-64 red that was a good price (35) and a pretty coin.  The problem is that this is not a rare coin and I am putting all non keys in a nice CAPS album where I can see all the coins together in capsules.  I know many of you would simply break the fellow out and release him to the album but for some reason I just have a mental block with that, especially in the old holder.  It's almost like I invalidate the coins grade, even though I changed absolutely nothing! So now my dilemma is, what to do?  Keep the slab and buy an new coin to display?  Leave an empty hole and keep the 1925 among the 1909 S VDB and 1914 D slabbed coins I plan to purchase in the future?  Kind of like parking a pinto in a garage with your BMW 7 Series. Sell the coin (pain in the rear).  Or...ugh..crack the slab. And I know this is much ado about not a lot of money but I hate waste!  Has anyone else had this issue?  Or feel the way I do about cracking a slab from a trusted grader?As always I've attached a bad picture of the coin...not that I think the grade is in question.[ATTACH=full]584104[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]584105[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]