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How many old style "rattler" PCGS slabs do you have?

Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
I have one.
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  • Roughly 80.

    Cameron Kiefer
  • prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    I don't have any, anymore, sold them all and got other coins.

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  • 1, and am looking at a second. They crack so easily
  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    close to 100 of rattlers and 50 of the greenies (90% CC Morgans)...all were acquired in the last centuryimage
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,323 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One...and that's one too many! I never liked them.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    about 4 or 5
  • I was wondering what keeps the coins secure inside the slabs. From this post I asume that the older ones let the coins rattle around. This sounds like bad news to me. What is used to keep them centered today? I noticed the NGC holders appear to have something surrounding the coin, what does PCGS do?
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  • rottnrogrottnrog Posts: 683 ✭✭✭
    4




  • hookedoncoinshookedoncoins Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭
    I used to have one. I really don't like those old rattlers, but the one I did have was obviously undergraded.
  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    40- I bought a certified roll of 1938-d Buffs in the late 80s and they have been in the bank ever since.
  • 2
    Bill.

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  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
    None.
    PCGS Currency: HOF 2013, Best Low Ball Set 2009-2014, 2016, 2018. Appreciation Award 2015, Best Showcase 2018, Numerous others.
  • None.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,780 ✭✭✭✭
    I have one. I've never liked these holders.
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Zero and glad of it. They are ugly and from past experience the coins that are left in these are not so hot either. The old green slabs, thats a different story.

    Ken
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    zilch

    K S
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Uhhh. Is this a rattler? It does rattle just a touch when you shake it (shake it, shake it like a polaroid picture):

    image

    Unfortunately, I think PCGS actually graded this one up a bit. The reverse is nice, but Liberty is hacking like she's got TB on the obverse. Even though the ticks on her face don't show up near as rough in person, I've seen prettier MS60s.
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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Had only one rattler and I had the coin upgraded one point and it made Cameo status.

    While I dont like the rattler holder, I love the coins in them.
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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1 an 1892-O Morgan in ms63.
    theknowitalltroll;
  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Weiss- Love your icon! I am looking for a nice gold stater from the same period.image Welcome to the forums!
  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,447 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Less than 10.
  • Weiss - Yeah, that`s a " rattler ". I have 5. All common date Morgans and all graded MS63 ( correctly graded at thatimage ).
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Probably about 2 dozen. All PQ undergraded wanting an upgrade, image everything from Mercs & Buffs to Monster Toned Morgans.
    Anybody want another one I got a superkiller undergraded by 10 points rattler Morg on eBay right now. super duper rattling rattler toned morgan that aint been doctored & dipped in 20 years
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • Never owned one, but I have quite a few Green Holder coins, and I prefer these over the newer blue ones, looks better, and there's more insurance that the coin won't turn in the holder... hopefully... or that if it will turn, it's already done so... like I saw one Green Holder 66 Merc that had a huge print on the back that probally showed up after slabbing...
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks, Boiler. My pride and joy (and only "real" darksider). I really want a pre-Croesus electrum piece. Maybe some day when I get rich image
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Zero.

    I buy coins and I sell them. On a couple of occasions I have taken rattler slabs to PCGS at a major show and had the coins reholdered. If it's a cheap coin I'll sell it as is. As for my collection I've cracked every one I owned either because the coin rattled and I hated it, or I thought the coin would upgrade, which they all did.

    My biggest PCGS submission ocurred during a period with PCGS was ultra conservative. It worked out OK because I was able to trade in one of the coins on 1794 half dime, which is now one my favorite coins.

    Having read this don't assume that all "rattlers" are upgradable. They're not. There was a time during the rattle age when the standards got lax too.

    Bottleline: There is no substitute for knowing how to grade. In the world NGC there is a rough equivilient. Many NGC holders that have gold embossed brand markings on the back are ungradable too.
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  • MarkMark Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have about 5 rattlers. I actually "like" them because they seem somewhat historic. Plus I know the coin in them hasn't been touched by a coin doctor in recent years.

    Mark
    Mark


  • I dont have any, i have never even seen one beside online
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    STOP! Don't say they upgraded even ONE more time. My most regretted coin sale was in a rattler.

    A coin I promised to keep til the grave. I got greedy. And greed is bad. I betcha I sold a 1871 COMPLETELY PROOFLIKE....DEEP MIRROR.....BUSINESS STRIKE.......65 for the 64 money. The guy who bought it was too eager to pay double bid.

    I see that coin in my sleep.

    I still have ONE coin in a rattler. Out of my type set. So was the 1871.

    Waaaah....

  • 09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    only one left. 1908 MS65 Indian Cent.
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I went nuts in the 80's and bought just about every 66 Merc and Frankie I could find. I wish I had run across some 67's back then but can't remember seeing many (if any at all). I remember thinking NGC Mercs and Frankies were over graded back then but I liked the grading on PCGS holders. I must have about 75 of the rattler type in total. One day I will really look them all over to see if any are candidates for a crack out.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    just sent my last to michael dixon image
    image

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  • MercMerc Posts: 1,646 ✭✭
    I have around 5 left. I had two more but I cracked them. One was an 1871 PF62 dime. The grade was correct but there was a large, light fingerprint on the reverse. I removed it and got it reholdered as a PF62.
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  • Well if the picture of Weiss coin is in a rattler then I have four. I had to find all four. and the last one did rattle. Might it be that the larger coins rattle more than the smaller.
    Here's my four
      1887 Cent PR63RB
        1937 Cent PR64RD
          1944 Dime MS63FB
            1951 Dime PR66 (rattles)

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          1. I have One 1904 0 Morgan MS64, good candidate for an upgrade.
            Allen
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          2. jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭

            Over 50. Bought too many during the 89 peak image
            an SLQ and Ike dollars lover
          3. dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
            Just found out the one of two upgraded today. That is now 2-3 for rattlers upgrading for me.
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          4. mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
            One, a 1938D MS65 buffalo. It's kinda annoying because it falls out of my eagle album unless I'm careful.
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          5. I've had deveral, but I dumped them a long time ago. Never really cared for them. They looked really cheap and cheesy.
          6. K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295
            I have eight, six of them are Morgans in my #1 set. I don't care for the holders, but for the most part, you usually can find really nice coins in them.

            I don't really trust them for protection of my coins, so at some point I will crack two of the Morgans out that I think can upgrade, and reholder the other four that I am sure won't upgrade.
          7. islemanguislemangu Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
            4 or 5
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          8. OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
            Close to a couple of hundred
          9. One
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          11. chiefbobchiefbob Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭
            One just waiting for upgrade!
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          12. orevilleoreville Posts: 11,950 ✭✭✭✭✭
            Too many of those, can't stand the rattling noise. My nieces looks for them and wants to use them as their back up rattler. Good for nothing slabs, all undegraded coins and I assume PCGS wants them all back for reassignment eventually!image
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