Does anyone collect rare coin slab inserts?

RYK

Perhaps not as expensive as a 1913 Liberty nickel, but it could be an interesting collectible in its own right. It would be cool to have an authentic slab insert for a 1913 Liberty nickel, 1804 dollar, 1885 trade dollar, 1927-D $20, or (insert your favorite mega-rarity here), especially when you have no hope of ever owning the coin.

NumisOxide

No, but I've wondered about this too.

Coxe

I am sure there would be an eager market for the top ones.

I have a number of pretty rare ones from ANACS crossovers, but not in the 1913 Liberty nickel league of prices.

BillJones

Someone should put them up for auction, but I think the TPGs would not be amused. When you basically “buy” the rights to slab the King of Siam Proof set by upping the grades by one point across the board, one would prefer for that embarrassment to disappear in the paper recycle bin along with those old issues of “COINage.”