What I want to know is how ACG doesn't grade all of the coins @ least CAM? Those most be some pretty lousy modern proofs not to make at least a CAM designation.
I'd take the raw set over the Accucrap tombstones any day of the week.
Guess the seller just lost his proverbial shirt on this one!
Cecil Total Copper Nutcase - African, British Ships, Channel Islands!!! 'Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup'
I MUCH prefer these sets and most all modern coins in the original holders. I don't see any need to slab them except in those cases, like the coin and currency sets (e.g. Jefferson) when the original mint holders are unsuitable for long term storage.
I know, I know, you can have these coins slabbed and if they get in a PR-69 or 70 holder you can sell them for a lot of money, but aside from the profit motive, the whole practice does nothing for me as a collector.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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Michael
Guess the seller just lost his proverbial shirt on this one!
Total Copper Nutcase - African, British Ships, Channel Islands!!!
'Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup'
I know, I know, you can have these coins slabbed and if they get in a PR-69 or 70 holder you can sell them for a lot of money, but aside from the profit motive, the whole practice does nothing for me as a collector.