Is your most expensive coin slabbed or raw?

relayer

Who certified your most expensive coin?

dorkkarl

ALL my coins are raw, though some were slabed at 1 time. my most expensive 2 coins were never slabed though.

K S

nucklehead

PCGS.

CharlieB

99.99% of my coins are raw. Easier to store too. I don't
want to be caught in some sort of a slab change down the road.

Only the very, very expensive mint state stuff is slabbed
as it should be for protection, especially the copper.

barrytrot

My top 100+ coins that are expensive at all are all slabbed by PCGS. I am one of those ignorant slobs that couldn't tell MS65 from AU50-cleaned so PCGS is a great help to me.

CharlieB

barrytrot:

No problem with that, you are doing the right thing, and with PCGS too.
You know the old saying, "Better safe than sorry".

RLinn

My most expensive is slabbed and it rubs me raw 'cause I think it is undergraded but I don't have the desire to send it in for regrade. I may join Dorkkarl and crack it out. I like the coin very much, it is the plastic that annoys me.

MrKelso

a tad over 3000 Morgans in the Buff with approx 3 Dozen Certified by NGC and 2 Dozen Walking Liberties Certified by ANACS Other Then Morgans or Walking all gold and other type coins are Naked,Raw and Pure.

dorkkarl

duh, guess i could mention my 2 coins.

1797 half, bent, holed, cleaned, repaired, i value it at $5000, realistically i bet it could fetch $10K though. not near as bad as it sounds (believe it or not). i'm sure this one ain't never seen the pcgs plastic

wreath cent, vf-30+ CHOICE CHOICE CHOICE, i would not part with for any amount, but f-m-v gotta be around $8K. i've flatly turned down $6500. i guess it might have gotten slabed at some time in it's past history, i've only had it 5-6 years, bought it raw. believe me, coins like this look 9,000,000% better OUTSIDE plastic, no question about it. there is nothing in plastic-land that compares to being able to personally handle a truly rare coin like this, up front, w/out hindrance.

K S

goose3

It was raw up until Rick Snow submitted it to PCGS at the last Long Beach show and then mailed it to me!

nwcs

My most valuable coin, dollar-wise, is now happy in a PCGS MS-63 holder.

MacCoin

I have over 60 coins in plasic but one of my favorites and most expensive is a raw G 1877 IHC.

Conder101

All of my coins are raw. I buy all of my coins raw. I will not even look at slabs when I am looking for coins for my collection. To me coins in slabs may as well not exist. On the other hand my most expensive slabs do have coins in them. What the coins are I couldn't tell you as they aren't important. When I look for slabs, I look for slabs and pay no attention to the coin until after I find a slab I want then I have to look and see what the coin is because that is going to determine what the dealer wants for the slab. It get very frustrating to find a rare slab I still need only to find it has a rare coin in it that keeps the slab out of my price range. The last one of those was when I discovered an INS 6 slab, a variety I didn't even know existed and which was dated 5 years AFTER the date I thought INS folded. And it had a Proof 1849 half cent in it.

dpoole

Conder, you are the very embodiment of the old adage around here: "Buy the Slab and not the Coin." Us old timers feel strongly about this. You have our respect.

As for me, I have to admit to having a (to me) expensive coin. It IS in a PCGS PR66DCAM slab, though, and I PROMISE you guys I took the slab into account!

ricko

PCGS slabbed... because that is the way I purchased it - because it was an outstanding purchase. About 50% below market... sometimes one is fortunate.... Cheers, RickO

DoubleDime

My most expensive is "raw", a 1901-S Liberty Head Quarter.

tjkillian

Dorkkarl, Do you have pictures of the wreath cent and the 1797 half dollar? Those seem like cool coins.

Tom

BlueCole

Expensive coins? you mean the ones that are worth more than face value? I know i've got a SBA somewhere. . . .

B.

paigowjohnny

I bought my current most expensive..89-CC VF...raw. Have since had it slabbed by ANACS VF20.

Technically, I guess my GSA and Redfields are slabbed...but in their original holders...

Steve27

My most expensive coin is in a GSA slab (where it will stay), but my second most expensive is in a PCGS slab (but I originally purchased it raw from the mint).

BillJones

My most expensive coin is a 1792 half disme in an NGC VF-30 slab. The slab is pretty old, and a couple of dealers have told me that it might make its' way into an EF-40 holder. I agree with the grade that is on it and do't plan to sell it anytime soon.

There is quite a price gap between my #1 and #2 coin, which is a 1907 High Relief $20 gold. It's in a PCGS MS-63 holder.

My most expensive raw coin is probably a Gobrecht Dollar in PR-50.

airplanenut

Mine is raw... only about $100 though...

kieferscoins

All my coins in my set are PCGS. I only have a few NGC for my slab collection.

Cameron Kiefer

prooflike

My most expensive coin is in an NGC slab.

KoinKollector

I purchased my 3 most expensive coins raw. 2 reside is PCGS and 1 in NGC.

baccaruda

I am one of those ignorant slobs that couldn't tell MS65 from AU50-cleaned so PCGS is a great help to me.

so you should be buying only AU50 at best right?

ccrdragon

An 1862 IHC in a PCGS MS65 slab....

MacCoin

ccrdragon
got to love the color of these MS var2 IHCs I have a MS65 09 but its more RB than the older ones that have that nice goldish tone.

barrytrot

barracuda said:
I am one of those ignorant slobs that couldn't tell MS65 from AU50-cleaned so PCGS is a great help to me.

so you should be buying only AU50 at best right?



Response: Why is that? I can't tell AU50 from VF either. So should I just keep my coin collecting to the penny exchange jar at Wendy's?

shirohniichan

My most expensive coin is raw, and all the coins I intend to keep are being liberated from their plastic tombs.

jdimmick

All the coins in my personal "key-date" collection, which excludes trading material I keep available is all PCGS graded.

And personally I dont care whether you talk trash on PCGS, or say that they will suffer from recent personnel changes, or all of a sudden PCGS coins become unwanted.
cause,

Removed from the holder, 100% of them will grade the same (probably a majority higher) at any other grading service in existence today.

jim d

stujoe

My most expensive coin is raw. It is only a $50 dollar coin, though, and circulated. I think I only have one slab right now...oh, and a sample slab. Have had others but they are sold or cracked.

coinut1799

Bill
WOW!
Three of my top ten dream coins, a Gobrecht dollar, St. Gaudens High Relief, and a 1792 half disme.
Most of my coins are slabbed, either PCGS or NGC, including my colonials (which I admit with some shame). The colonials will be liberated, some day, when I get the guts. My two best coins, both in PCGS holders, are a Pine Tree Shilling, small planchet, and a 1799/8 dollar.

kyuss

Mine is in an air tite holder, its nice to be able to roll it around, as its round. 1970D Kennedy. much more coin-like then a rectangle holder. Although I think the other coins in the mint set I cut it out of are sad, abe definitely has some splochy black toning in his eye. :-(

Gemini

I am not against slabbing but in 40 years of collecting I have never bought a slabbed coin nor are any of my coins slabbed.
I probably will get some slabbed some day though.
My favorite coin that I own is a real gem uncirculated 1856-O seated no motto half with incredible toning Wayte Raymond style.
I only wish Michael could see it at first hand but I hope to display some photos of it soon.

greghansen

NGC holder. 1870 PR67 Three Cent Silver