Free Henry, or Jail Elizabeth?

CertifiedGoldCoins

Here's the dad



And his daughter



I want to keep them together, but both have to be slabbed, or else not.

The holder says XF40, if that matters.

Forgot the details:
ENGLAND Groat Henry VIII, 1526-44, 2nd coinage, Seaby 2337E
ENGLAND Shilling, Elizabeth I, 6th issue, 1594-6, Woolpack mint, Seaby 2577

Stork

What is the rest of your collection like? I have a tendency to either an album or slabs as my previous lifestyle made shopping a pretty much internet-only experience...and they were easier to keep track of and store in a semi-organized fashion than a bunch of randomly sized airtites. So, I lean towards a slabbing, but there are plenty of others who prefer otherwise. (On the other hand, I'm still running across little raw coins I forgot I owned as I look through my boxes and folders). Slabbing also will (hopefully) make selling a tad easier.

WillieBoyd2

Born free, as free as the wind blows...

Coins that old, unless uncirculated, deserve to be handled.

CertifiedGoldCoins

Originally posted by: Stork
What is the rest of your collection like? I have a tendency to either an album or slabs as my previous lifestyle made shopping a pretty much internet-only experience...and they were easier to keep track of and store in a semi-organized fashion than a bunch of randomly sized airtites. So, I lean towards a slabbing, but there are plenty of others who prefer otherwise. (On the other hand, I'm still running across little raw coins I forgot I owned as I look through my boxes and folders). Slabbing also will (hopefully) make selling a tad easier.

Over 50+ years, I've collected just about everything. My ancient Greek & Roman remain unslabbed, as many collectors prefer. There's really no choice for US coins any more, especially when selling, as you noted. Now, even another layer of reassurance is needed by some people, so we even have CAC stiickers.

These two coins are neither modern nor ancient. I'm thinking those who collect coins like them are like me; they don't really need labels. Can a numerical grade invented for mass-produced modern coins "fit" coins produced before 19th Century steam presses got busy?

If you collect coins like these (and especially ancients) and own some that are/were slabbed, does the label tell you something you didn't already know?

Stork

Ancients are not my thing. I love looking at them but have never put in enough effort to learn enough to buy more than a couple that were purely for the theme (sighthound type dogs and mythological creatures)--only have a few. One is slabbed so FOR ME the label is very helpful. For anyone knowledgable, probably not, and for the rest I have a tag describing them.



I do conders the same way, only have a small number but most are slabbed (going back to the overseas/buying from photos only thing). They have the DH number and designation which would all be information that would be on a tag instead (but the tag might have more info re: provenance for example).



I doubt the slab label would help you or anyone else who is a serious collector, but others may chime in.



If you have a nice, safe, organized storage system then the slabs are less relevant.

TwoKopeiki

Great looking duo! I would keep these raw.

jgenn

You may not care about the grade but you should care that it was certified as problem-free.

bronzemat

I prefer my ancients and medieval "free".

Aethelred

I crack slabbed ancients, but I send my medievals to NGC.

I guess I'm a slabbing hypocrite.

Swampboy

@bronzemat said:
I prefer my ancients and medieval "free".

Me as well.

A pardon is in order.

Nap

I prefer such coins unslabbed but I haven't broken out any of mine yet. I see no urgency to break them out unless I was going to set up an exhibition or something where I might want consistency.

I also had the completely opposite thought about just getting all my medieval coins slabbed, for kicks, although it'll just take up so much space.

CertifiedGoldCoins

@jgenn said:
You may not care about the grade but you should care that it was certified as problem-free.

--- That's a good point, and part of the reason I bought it. But that won't change sitting in my cabinet.

@Nap said:
I prefer such coins unslabbed but I haven't broken out any of mine yet. I see no urgency to break them out unless I was going to set up an exhibition or something where I might want consistency.

I also had the completely opposite thought about just getting all my medieval coins slabbed, for kicks, although it'll just take up so much space.

--- Count them. Count out the same number of $20 bills. Good to do when selling, otherwise.....

Thanks for the feedback to everyone else. The agreement here to free Henry VIII is pretty universal. But I also suspect sympathy for not jailing Elizabeth. Nothing to do with anything else, of course.

I'll do a careful job, and save the label, but it's a holder I don't really need.