Have you ever broken......

USSID18 · January 2, 2017 6:01PM

.......graded coins (AU/BU or better) out of their slabs to fill or complete a Dansco Album?

Barndog · January 2, 2017 6:04PM

Yes, Dansco 7070 (type set)

gtstang · January 2, 2017 6:06PM

Yep, What Barndog said.

USSID18 · January 2, 2017 6:09PM

Thanks guys! That's all I need to know. I thought I was the only one. Thanks for the reality check.

Koinicker · January 2, 2017 6:13PM

Yes, but I like to fill the vintage Wayte Raymond albums instead of Dansco - and both albums are great, I'm just a little more sentimental!

Walkerfan · January 2, 2017 6:19PM

No, I haven't but many guys have. I collect in a higher grade range, though.

ajaan · January 2, 2017 6:49PM

Yep. 7070

david3142 · January 2, 2017 7:01PM

Most of the coins I now buy for my Dansco albums are slabbed. I have cracked many AU/BU coins all the way up to MS67. Have yet to crack a CAC coin though.

TomB · January 2, 2017 7:01PM

Oh, yes, many times. I believe you will find an enormous number of us have done so in the past and continue to do so when needed.

mirabela · January 2, 2017 7:02PM

Yup, me too, 7070. Fifteen or twenty of the coins in mine came slabbed.

DIMEMAN · January 2, 2017 7:02PM

Would never do that myself.

Baley · January 2, 2017 7:16PM

Of course, many times. Here's a notable crack out for a 7070 type set album, this was previously in a PCGS OGH

edit to add: in fact, most of these coins were cracked out of TPG holders

Bochiman · January 2, 2017 7:31PM

I think AU58 is the most I have cracked out. ~$150 coin I think it was (~8+ years ago).
Otherwise, I try to get raw for the album and also have a slabbed version of 7070 type coins.

Reason I don't crack them out, more than the 1 or 2 I have done, is that I feel they will eventually sell better in slabs and trying to reslab them is (1) a risk, potentially, (2) time consuming, and (3) an added expense.

Now, if I were wanting to put some moderns in, then I would crack them...but, that's about it anymore (unless a classic coin was about the same in a slab or raw and very easy to get...like the shield nickel I did)

USSID18 · January 2, 2017 7:39PM

Thanks to each of you for your feedback.

Not sure if it helps or not but for future reference (or whomever inherits them or for the next collector), before breaking them out I've taken pictures of all the slabs. I crack them open and attach the slab label/bar code number to the photo. I keep them in plastic see thru sleeves in the back of the Dansco.

DRUNNER · January 2, 2017 7:44PM

I will also join the 7070 crowd.

In retrospect, maybe not the greatest idea in some cases, but the album had the certs in the back, and the 7070 is almost shockingly beautiful in many cases with the correct coins in those slots!!!

Of course . . . . no Doilies.

Drunner

PTVETTER · January 2, 2017 8:17PM

yes
however it was for a capitol plastic holder (the first slabs) LOL

PTVETTER · January 2, 2017 8:20PM

Heck the Dansco 7070 folder is now worth money!

BryceM · January 2, 2017 8:32PM

Slightly off topic but.......

Some collectors have never laid eyes on a set of high grade raw coins. Sad huh?

ricko · January 3, 2017 6:02AM

Sometimes it is necessary to fill the album.... It is only plastic... Cheers, RickO

TopographicOceans · January 3, 2017 6:11AM

Yes, Dansco 7070

BillJones · January 3, 2017 6:34AM

I grew out of coin albums in the late 1970s. The last one I filled was a Whitman album that held a type set of U.S. gold coins.

I did crack out an 1878 7 over 8 tailfeather dollar from an NGC holder many years ago to place it in a Capital Plastics holder that held six varieties of 1878 silver dollars. That was the only time I cracked out a coin to go into a "raw coin" holder.

CommemKing · January 3, 2017 7:56AM

half my Dansco 7070 coins are crackouts.

seanq · January 3, 2017 8:02AM

I have cracked several coins for my clipped date set, which I keep stored in Gardmaster albums. The only one I didn't have the nerve to crack was the 09-S VDB.

Sean Reynolds

TwoSides2aCoin · January 3, 2017 8:21AM

I can't fit a rectangle (slab) or oval (sticker) into a round hole. Yes, of course.

jdimmick · January 3, 2017 8:54AM

Yes,

working on completing a Indian head cent set in unc a customer started, been buying a few remaining slabbed ones, even with cac and breaking them out for the dansco.

OKbustchaser · January 3, 2017 8:57AM

I have cracked out every slabbed non-commemorative I've ever bought--not to place in albums, but only because I don't use albums.

Jackthecat1 · January 3, 2017 10:08AM

I cracked out several coins for my Capital holder containing all the Booker T. and Washington Carver half dollars.

johnny9434 · January 3, 2017 11:33AM

no i never have,

jedm · January 3, 2017 11:50AM

I have done a few that were not PCGS or NGC to put into a Dansco or Capitol or similar serial grouping system. Not sure, but don't think I have cracked out any P or N that were worth more than $50. I have no problem with just putting a small note with the certification and grade opinion (with the help of a label maker) in the spot. As others have mentioned, the ones I have cracked out I also keep the labels in a small plastic sleeve in the back of the album.

oih82w8 · January 3, 2017 12:04PM

No way.

USSID18 · January 3, 2017 12:19PM

@oih82w8 said:
No way.

and why not?

oih82w8 · January 3, 2017 12:22PM

@USSID18 said:

@oih82w8 said:
No way.

and why not?

I like to keep my coins safely ensconced in their protective informational holders so that when I do pass them around for others to admire and "oooh and ahhh" over, they don't drool on the coin itself...or drop them...or get their fingerprints on them...or...

USSID18 · January 3, 2017 12:42PM

@oih82w8 said:

@USSID18 said:

@oih82w8 said:
No way.

and why not?

I like to keep my coins safely ensconced in their protective informational holders so that when I do pass them around for others to admire and "oooh and ahhh" over, they don't drool on the coin itself...or drop them...or get their fingerprints on them...or...

That works for me.

chumley · January 3, 2017 12:47PM

I did worse than that.......my Franklin half set is composed of mostly ms65 many FBL,allnaked as a jaybird in an album

1630Boston · January 3, 2017 1:11PM

Nope

oih82w8 · January 3, 2017 1:29PM

Here is an article/forum thread on "crackers remorse"

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cracker’s-remorse-–-second-thoughts-on-the-dansco-7070-u-s-type-set.70588/

coinhack · January 3, 2017 1:32PM

I guess you have to collect in a way that is enjoyable for you. For me, the 7070 book has been a joy.

I have certified coins that are stored in boxes of 20. I rarely see them. I took some boxes out and looked at them the other day. It had been many months since I had seen some of them. I was surprised to see a couple of old friends that I had kind of forgotten I had. I have stored them away again and will probably take them out and look at them again in a few months.

The 7070 book is a constant companion. I look at it ALL the time. I have literally kept it on a bookshelf for months at a time. There are 76 holes in the book, 86 if you have the gold page. If the coins were all in slabs they would fill 4 or 5 boxes and would be stored with the other boxes that I rarely ever see.

At least a third of the coins in the 7070 book were broken out of slabs. Here is one that used to reside in this slab that is now in the book:

oih82w8 · January 3, 2017 1:36PM

I have TrueView images of most of my U.S. Type Set (AKA 7070) and have had professional quality images taken of the others. I normally store my PCGS holders in Light House trays packed within a Pelican Case. I can look at the images anytime I want. Getting the case out takes a little coordination.

Then there is my 7070 Album of fake/replica/copies.

coinhack · January 3, 2017 1:56PM

@oih82w8 said:
I have TrueView images of most of my U.S. Type Set (AKA 7070) and have had professional quality images taken of the others. I normally store my PCGS holders in Light House trays packed within a Pelican Case. I can look at the images anytime I want. Getting the case out takes a little coordination.

Then there is my 7070 Album of fake/replica/copies.

I saw the thread with your fake album. I am very impressed.

JKT · January 3, 2017 3:06PM

Ive done it quite a bit with ANACS coins and with a few from ATS. I have never cracked a coin from our hosts for the purposes of putting it in an album, though.

BTW, Baley that is one heck of a 7070 page!

justcollecting · January 3, 2017 6:24PM

I have only cracked coins for the 7070 album. My other albums, for example Washington quarters I buy mostly raw except for the key dates and I buy them certified and place a similar grade coin in its slot in the album. I have a nice roll of BU 1964 coins that I use to substitute. I do that for most of the albums. If I buy a key date I like to make sure they aren't counterfeit or messed with.

ricko · January 4, 2017 7:07AM

It is a hobby....YOUR hobby... do as you please with your coins/slabs/albums.....Relax and have fun...Cheers, RickO

Veep · January 4, 2017 10:01AM

Cracked eleven au-ms63 gold type coins to put in my Capital holder. Makes a nice presentation

dbldie55 · January 4, 2017 10:08AM

Yes, cracked an 1893-S Morgan to put in my Dansco.

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