Post some images of raw coins...that once were slabbed!

Coinstartled

Many graded coins make it into Dansco's.

rhedden

I had to crack this 1821 cent out of its NGC AU55 holder just to enjoy it. I could not take a photo or even appreciate the glossy surfaces through the plastic. I think a lot of early copper collectors feel the same way about slabbed, circulated copper.

Tookybandit

Beautiful copper!

Walkerguy21D

Gorgeous '21 large cent, so hard to find with lighter chocolate color, as most are very dark.
I paid nearly double for a slightly lower grade to 'upgrade' the one in my date set. I know Billjones also has a nice '21.

Anyway, for the OP - cracked from a small white ANACS MS60 slab back around 1989 or so, and housed in my 7070:

topstuf

SOMEDAY.... SOMEWHERE.....SOME TPG
is gonna make their slabs have the same "look" as Dansco page color.
I don't know ANY other color that works with ALL metals.
Just sayin'

Meltdown

I've cracked a few here & there...

WingedLiberty1957

This was a PCGS Slabbed PR65BN, which I bought at a nice discount (I think it was like $700 or something). I had so little into it, I cracked out so that Robec could photograph it raw. Wow, what a job he did!. It's currently PCGS Slabbed again but this time PR64+BN. The reverse is killer, the obverse also nice but some reddish blotches.

Robec's Photograph ...

BuffaloIronTail

I could crack some of the good coins I have, but am reluctant to do so. A lot of them are in PCGS OGH holders, and some of them might even (for sure) grade higher if I re-holder.

Those holes in my Buff collection do look bad......but I just put an insert where the coin should be, stating grade and number.

I like my Buff Eagle Book a lot, My Lincolns were in a Dansco, and that is a heck of a good storage media too.

Pete