Is it ever a bad idea to reholder a coin?

jessewvu

I have some coins that I wanted to get reholdered, one is due to a scratch on the holder that makes the coin look bad and the other one I wanted to see if it would upgrade. Is there anything I should consider before I send them in? Does a certain "type" of older have anything to do with its value?

PerryHall

Older type holders seem to bring better auction prices due to the perception that grading was more conservative back then.

badger

I reholdered some high grade silver proof Roosies from my collection to get a pedigree on the slab. After about three months, many of the coins developed white spots. I sent back them in and PCGS made good on the grade guarantee via compensation for the coins. Fortunately, these were reasonably available (1960-1964) in PR69 DCam. If the early 1950's coins had spotted, I'm not sure that I could have replaced them.

Badger

PerryHall

Red copper in the older slabs is easier to sell because of the feeling that if the color hasn't turned brown or spotted in the many years since it was slabbed, the surfaces must be stable which is not necessarily true for a newly slabbed coin..

Shamika

<< <i>Red copper in the older slabs is easier to sell because of the feeling that if the color hasn't turned brown or spotted in the many years since it was slabbed, the surfaces must be stable which is not necessarily true for a newly slabbed coin.. >>

Although this is especially true for copper, this is also true for other coins as well since they can "turn" in the holder.