VOTE: COFFIN FREEDOM or LET THEM LAY ON THE SLAB

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Alegandron, Oct 31, 2015.

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Should I free them from the SLAB or should I keep them as they are?

  1. Free them with a SLAM DANCE?

    29 vote(s)
    85.3%

  2. Keep them SLABBED in their coffins?

    5 vote(s)
    14.7%
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  1. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I need you all's help! I received a couple FIENDS today contributing to my Caesar 12 project. I have but one to capture - Otho.

    However, I need to garner opinions and your VOTES since I espouse the Roman Res Publica rather the tyrannical Empire. :D

    FREE or keep them in SLAB?

    GALBA:
    upload_2015-10-31_17-1-13.png

    CALIGULA:
    upload_2015-10-31_17-2-38.png

    I already KNOW what my Vote is...:)

    FREEDOM or SLAB???

    It is a SCARY thought...

    Thank you for your votes and opinions!

    And please feel free to post / boast your Galbas and Caligulas! :D
     
    Alegandron, Oct 31, 2015
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  3. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    No contest :D
     
    Pishpash, Oct 31, 2015
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  4. Magnus Maximus

    Magnus Maximus Dulce et Decorum est....

    I think you know where I stand on the issue.
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    Magnus Maximus, Oct 31, 2015
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  5. red_spork

    red_spork Triumvir monetalis

    Mr. Alegandron, tear down that slab!
     
    red_spork, Oct 31, 2015
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  6. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    lol :D
     
    John Anthony, Oct 31, 2015
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  7. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    LET FREEDOM RING!
     
    Bing, Oct 31, 2015
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  8. Kirkuleez

    Kirkuleez 80 proof

    I collect early US coins and don't like my coins in slabs. Why on earth would anyone pay the fee to get an ancient slabbed? They don't really need the protection of the slab and they don't even guarantee authenticity. Freedom!
     
    Kirkuleez, Oct 31, 2015
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  9. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    I think we have a landslide vote for FREEDOM!!!!

    Al, here's my Caligula and Galba denarii:
    caligula ass 001.JPG caligula ass 002.JPG galba denarius with wreath reverse 001.JPG galba denarius with wreath reverse 002.JPG
     
    Mikey Zee, Oct 31, 2015
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  10. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Free them!
     
    Jwt708, Oct 31, 2015
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  11. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    Any guesses as to what my vote was?
     
    jwitten, Oct 31, 2015
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  12. Eng

    Eng Senior Eng

    I say leave them slabbed, in a thousand years someone will unearth it and think aliens put it there. :eek:
     
    Eng, Oct 31, 2015
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  13. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Too late to vote as usual but neither strikes me as a high demand coin to the ancient crowd so leave them in the slabs, sell them and buy nicer coins raw from a dealer you trust.
     
    dougsmit, Oct 31, 2015
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  14. GregH

    GregH Well-Known Member

    Slabs are asinine and have taken the fun out of collecting modern coins - because now we have to care about the coin's "mark" out of 70. This has created artificial rarities of coins that are very common - "Rare in MS65" being a term I've seen to describe a coin that isn't actually rare at all. And an MS66? Even rarer! What a load of baloney. No room for appreciation of art and history at all, it's now a boring investment and OCD exercise. Fortunately the practice hasn't metastasized too much to ancients.

    My Galba and Caligula btw:

    galba.jpg

    caligula.jpg
     
    GregH, Oct 31, 2015
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  15. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

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    Caligula
    and
    Galba
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    Pishpash, Oct 31, 2015
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  16. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Free them!!

    My Galba and Caligula
    galba.jpg caligula.jpg
     
    Orfew, Oct 31, 2015
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  17. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    OMG, the Elections are NOT rigged! This is a RUNAWAY vote: It is more than clear that they MUST BE FREED!!! LOL, it did not matter: I already told you that I had made up my mind... :) I was gonna FREE them ANYWAY!

    And, since this is my 1000th message on CoinTalk, I reckon the site will award me an official YAKKER on CoinTalk... And thank you for putting up with me over these 1000 messages...

    I loved everyone's votes and opinions... I loved @Magnus Maximus pic, cuz I am half Scot... But @red_spork made me bust out LAUGHING!

    Regardless, here are the Freed FRIENDS. They ain't purdy, but they are MINE!
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    Roman Empire
    Galba 68-68 CE
    AE Dupondus
    Rome mint struck 68 CE
    28mm, 11.11g
    OBV: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P, bare head r
    REV: SPQR / OB / CIV SER within oak wreath
    REF: RIC 290

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    Roman Empire
    Gaius Caligula 37-41 CE
    AE As
    Rome mint struck 37-38 CE
    27mm, 10.86g
    OBV: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head l
    REV: VESTA, S-C, Vesta seated l, holding patera and scepter
    REF: RIC 38, BMCRE 46
     
    Alegandron, Oct 31, 2015
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  18. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Hey, and I freed them with my VISE method! Wow, tried the knife twisting trick, tried the hammer, tried other ideas... If you have a wide enough VISE, this is the easiest method that I have used!
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    Easy!

    Best of all:
    upload_2015-10-31_20-25-56.png
    BLISS...they are FREE!!!
     
    Alegandron, Oct 31, 2015
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  19. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

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    John Anthony, Oct 31, 2015
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  20. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Galba
    Galba 3.jpg
    Caligula
    Caligula 4.jpg
     
    Bing, Oct 31, 2015
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  21. Carthago

    Carthago Does this look infected to you?

    The best way I've found to get your coin out of a slab is to hold it perpendicular on its side edge against the cement and crack it on the opposite side edge with a hammer. 2 whacks and it's usually free.
     
    Carthago, Oct 31, 2015
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