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PCGS, ANACS small holders, NGC thick slab, ICG, PCI slant 6 green...etc...what do you watch for?
bennybravo
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What do you watch for? What's underrated, what's overrated? What piques your interest when you see an older graded or now defunct service's offerings pop up. Do you have a favorite that you look out for? Thought this might make an interesting thread.
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ACG.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
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Disclaimer: coinbuf is not serious, Do not seek out ACG graded coins!
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Take your pick from my pic:
Tim
....or from my collection spreadsheet:
Tim
Actually, I do seek out ACG slabs, you've just got to know which ones to look out for.
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Ok, disclaimer 2. ACG put coins in slabs. Some may have been close to accurate in their arrived upon grades. Blind squirrel finding a nut kinda situation in my opinion. Glad you've found some treasure there though.
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What I look(ed) for in order of priority:
1) NGC 1.0 Black Core
2) PCGS 1.0 White Label Rattler
3) PCGS 1.1 White Label Rattler
4) PCGS Regency
5) NGC 2.1 White Label Fattie
6) NGC 2.0 White Label Fattie
7) PCGS Doily
8) NGC 3.0 Gold Embossed Fattie
9) PCGS 2.1
10) PCGS 2.2
Tim
@pointfivezero . Do you look for these because of what is inside the holder or because of the rarity of the holder? Or both? James
I tend to disregard the holder, usually.
Jim
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I look for stuff I've never seen before and good coins in 3rd world slabs (sometimes they have them and usually the slabs are shunned by most in the hobby)
Hi James - call it OCD but I'm trying to collect as many third party holders as I can find. It's been years in the making and most of the coins are substantially over-graded (and over-priced) but that is not an issue for this venture.
Thanks,
Tim
Old ANACS is an immediate eye draw. They’re not all good for bumps, not even close, but good many are. Sadly, the world has more than caught on and it’s getting harder and harder to cherry pick them.
Having fun while switching things up and focusing on a next level PCGS slabbed 1950+ type set, while still looking for great examples for the 7070.
True story. If there was a #11 on my list, it would be the old blue label ANACS ANA soapbox holder. I just crossed one to PCGS and it upgraded from a 63 to a 64.
Tim
Old Anacs, PCGS Rattlers.
Older ANACS have always had me at hello…
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~Wayne
Many years ago I never really cared about the holder. I was grading the coin myself and looking at the price. That was 30 or 40 years ago. I was always finding nice varieties that did not show on the label. I'm sure they have been picked over now unless they are still in old collections.
The last few months I have been having GC send them to PCGS, CAC and on to auction. Even with all the fees, I did really well. Actually I made a killing on most coins.
Awesome!
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That's terrific! If I recall correctly, you always chose wonderful examples to buy, which of course helps with the final sales price.
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