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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2517455, member: 77413&quot;]I have been putting together a set of Lincolns. Because many coins in this series are plentiful and not expensive, and there is often little price premium between grades, it is not cost-effective for most people to have them slabbed. It&#039;s pretty easy to find raw examples of most dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last night I messed up.</p><p><br /></p><p>All my raw Lincolns have been put into 2x2 plastic and are in display trays (... there are a few exceptions). I bid on a graded coin and won.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have a coin coming that won&#039;t fit. It joins about 8 others that are also graded and also are too big to fit my trays.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why don&#039;t the TPGs offer some options on the slabbing? For small coins, you could grade it and place it into a 2x2 size format, with room for a label. For Lincolns, where it is easy to end up with a mix of slabs and raw, it would really help to have them all the same size. Now I have a year set in trays with gaps - where the 1909, 1921, 1923, 1928, and 1929-D are in slabs and don&#039;t fit. (I have six NGC and two small ANACS. They are mostly MS65 or MS66, with one an MS66/CAC.) The other (about) 230 holders are 2x2.</p><p><br /></p><p>What would you do? Would you break them out and sacrifice the certification, or leave them slabbed and leave them out of the display? Should I try to sell them and find raw coins instead? I just can&#039;t decide. (And don&#039;t even get me started on my 1950 proof set - why can&#039;t I get that graded AND keep it in one holder, so it never gets separated? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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