Slabbing cheap coins

nwcs

Do you find yourself slabbing cheap coins just because you like the coin? Like maybe a $10 value coin that looks cool?

DHeath

Yes, particularly toned Jeffs. I holder them because I plan to keep them.

kranky

I have a 1929-S Lincoln, VF and brutally cleaned (that lovely shade of pencil-eraser pink) in an ACG slab. But Spooly made me!

Higashiyama

Some of the best buys are coins that were submitted to PCGS expecting a higher grade -- cheap coins that ended up in slabbed and now sell for $ 10 or so.

LanLord

<< <i>I have a 1929-S Lincoln, VF and brutally cleaned (that lovely shade of pencil-eraser pink) in an ACG slab. But Spooly made me! >>

I've heard that color of pink referred to in the much less delicate term of "puke pink".. I think as a kid I caused more than my fair share of those before I learned that copper can't be cleaned successfully.

nwcs

Yeah, I learned the eraser trick on my own when I first got started. Mostly on coins from the 60s and 70s. They always seemed to look better to young indiscriminate eyes but not the same as a freshly minted one! Thankfully, that was the end of my days of doctoring.