Old Rattlers
LanLord
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I have about 6 or 7 old PCGS slabs that I believe are affectionately referred to as rattlers. I have had them for nearly 8 years and my father (he left them to me) had them for probably 3 to 5 years before that. These things have pretty much not seen the light of day for about 12 years (in a grading sense). Are these kind of slabs the ones that would be good regrade candidates? Obviously each coin needs to stand on it's own merits, but in general, are the old rattlers the ones that were probably held up against higher grading standards?
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However, these old holders have been cherry-picked to death. Whatever is left out there probably wouldn't upgrade.
Cheers,
Bob
<< <i>I love the old rattlers...can't resist them. As a matter-of-fact, I refuse to get them re-graded even though I know a couple of them are undergraded. However, these old holders have been cherry-picked to death. Whatever is left out there probably wouldn't upgrade. Cheers, Bob >>
would they have been cherry picked back around 1990? That is when I estimate my father would have picked them up. I know they have been in my collection since March 1995, and I relly didn't think much about regrade possibility until just recently.
As for crack outs, it can work both ways. Yes, some of them are conservatively graded, but NOT ALL OF THEM. And to assume otherwise can be a very big mistake. A lot of the crack out candidates have aready been done.
P.S. Some of the old NGC holders with the gold etched seal on the reverse are conservatively graded too. I've cracked a few of them to my advantage.