Have any lock upgrades you won't crack because the coin is in a green label PCGS holder?

fivecents

I have quite a few. I have a Alabama 2x2, most are toned Morgan dollars. Also have two F15 Bust dollars that would bump to VF...I paid VF money for them but will leave them in the old green holders.
I love the mystic of the under graded old green holders.

coinlieutenant

Nah...all in new holders...but some were cracked just to photograph them...

PerryHall

I have many coins in older holders that have been in my collection since the late1980's / 1990's and I see no need to have them regraded. I know many would upgrade but I have no plans to sell them any time soon. Who knows what the grading standards will be in a few years?



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Mercfan

I have a few dozen Mercs in PCGS OGHs that I think would likely upgrade, but I have no interest in or intention of doing anything other than holding onto them and enjoying them as they are.

boiler78

I have some red copper in first generation and old green holders that I wouldn't crack for the upgrade because the age of the holder tends to attest to the stability of the red color designation. IMO if the color hasn't "turned" in the 10 years or so that the coin has been holdered then it is most likely going to stay red.

WaterSport

I also have a few Lincolns I need to sit down and compare and make a choice to send or not.

WS

ColonialCoinUnion

I prefer to leave everything in older holders just as it is. I like them, customers like them, and the crackout guys always want to look at them and dream of the potential.

mercurydimeguy

I bet there are just as many undergraded coins in new holders, if not more.

And percentage wise, I also bet if there were 10,000 green holder coins left out there (fior example), a higher percentage of these would be overgraded (e.g. would grade lower if they were cracked out) versus the newly graded coins.

solid

Yes, several.

ziggy29

If I don't intend to sell it any time soon, I either leave it in its holder or (depending on the coin and its condition) crack it out and put it in an album.

The crackout game makes me feel unclean and I think it's one of the big problems with numismatics today.

RYK

Yes, but they are not big money upgrades. VF-25 to VF-35 or AU-50 to AU-53 and the like. These do not warrant going through the process, IMO.

KurtHorn

Many coins in clackers. One because I love the holder and two because they carry an added value just for the holder.

Mercfan

<< <i>I bet there are just as many undergraded coins in new holders, if not more. >>





For every PCGS OGH that I've purchased (or even bid on), I've seen two or three that I didn't think were at all PQ for the grade they already had. And I'm sure that we've all seen some PCGS OGHs that we didn't think were downright low-end for their current grades.

But I will admit that I have a special fondness for a PQ coin in an OGH.

rhedden

I have a significant number of better date barber dimes in PCGS MS-62 and 63 OGH that I won't crack. They are all from the same collection, originally assembled prior to 1960. They were submitted only once, back in 1990, and I know many will upgrade. For some of the coins, the price differential IS high enough to warrant re-submission, but I know that any collector or dealer with half a brain can see what is in the holder, so I just don't care to send them in.

LeeG

Thinking about sending these two in for regrade. I'd hate to lose the rattler holder though. Not sure what the right thing to do here? Maybe send to a dealer to get an opinion?

BlindedByEgo

Yep.

Although the MS61 $20.00 gold may go, just for the premium. They're not scarce coins, I bought them for bullion, and they get a nice bump in price.