Uncommon Rattlers
ilikemonsters
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I enjoy to collect PCGS Rattler holders. I very much enjoy the history behind PCGS, and the technology used to holder coins back in the mid-to-late 1980’s. Being that I wasn’t around, or even alive for that matter in that area, it’s very fascinating to me.
I’d like to share two very common coins. It’s “rare” to see two common coins still in the original rattler holders. So for a rattler collector such as I, these are gold!
Enjoy!
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Not particularly fond of rattlers. See too many of them in the wild.
bob
I like them too, and I really like the first gen. storage boxes as well...
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I am also very interested in the history of grading, slabbing and how it has changed the hobby.
Glad this one never got the hammer and cracked.
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So many got cracked when grading standards loosened up
These did not thankfully
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
I too like the vintage look from that time. I love this little girl:
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I got a gen 1 black box for mine very handy for the small holders
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
Love those rattlers too, thank you all for sharing !!!
One of my 1st rattlers.
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I love rattlers! I have quite a few. Here are a couple of common coins not typically still found in rattlers.
I really love them with Gold Stickers...
Chance favors the prepared mind.
I am not a slab collector, but I do like the old rattlers... seems to present a better 'picture' of the coins... Cheers, RickO
@ricko said:
When a rattler is in pristine condition and all polished up,
The coin appears to just float in the slab
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Sweet!
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That 1909-S VDB is truly a WOW coin!
Keep them coming!
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I don't have many photos of my old rattlers. The second one might be unique.
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Like the rattlers, like the coins, really like the coin in the rattlers!
The 34 half looks to have some issues on it surfaces, probably why it is still in a Rattler and not cracked out (but it might just be the images misleading me, I am a lousy grader after all). You kind find real gems in Rattlers like some of the above fantastic coins, or one cannot and thus have to evaluate each carefully.
Best, SH
I remember being invited by a friend of mine to go to a dinner put on by a new company called PCGS at a Long Beach coin show. They were going to be a third party grading service as I remember, that did not make a market in what they graded. ANACS was still king then with photo certificates.
These are both in 1ST Gen Rattlers.
Member Messydesk photographed them years ago and I can't recall is we did full slab pics too?
I haven’t seen many of the Olympic commems in rattlers. Here are two I have bought.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
Those are probably the only two Olympic rattlers.
Mongo like old rattling coins
Are these for sale by chance?
A couple of mine including two gold/gold.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
I'm the only jerk thats never owned a rattler yet! Makes me feel like a sub-par collector.
lol
I was expecting one with a $2.5 indian inside but that deal fell through a while back. One day I'll join the club with the right coin.
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That is one gorgeous S-VDB!!
@ilikemonsters GOLD you say? How much gold? These are my 2 rattlers. Sorry the pics are sideways its the only way I can even try to fit the holder with coin.
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I have not owned a rattler in a long time.
Count me in. Although, this guy is turning to dust as we speak.
@robec
What a sweet total package. Really nice 1909 s-Vdb
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Looks like a prime candidate to see if my "Wannabe Verdi" will work on silver?
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Love seeing a rattler with a Gold CAC
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
@Steven59-
Forget it, that coin is toast!
I'll have dust rattling around inside that slab before I break it out.
@robec
09 S-VDBs usually don’t do much for me but that one does! Wow, what a gorgeous coin.
So send it to me - I don't mind - maybe more of a selling point - If Bad Thad can sell his Verdi-Care then stop it - well , you know.................
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Here is a 1956 in a little better shape.
Not for sale now or anytime soon. G’night
Chance favors the prepared mind.
The marks on the "9" and "0" in the date in the photo below are on the slab, not the coin.
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Now listen boy, I'm tryin' to teach you sumthin' . . . . that ain't no optical illusion, it only looks like an optical illusion.
My mind reader refuses to charge me....
Love rattlers. and I love this coin too.
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Here’s the first MS68 Roosevelt Dime graded by PCGS.
Here is my one rattler. Looks better than 63 imo.
I don't own any rattlers now, but I did 30+ years ago. I collected gold coins and put together a 13 piece gold type set.
Some really nice examples shown by all.
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I have a few of the ol' Rattlers!
Hey that coin is extremely common. You should definitely send it my way so as not to lessen the value of your other rattlers 😉
That's Awesome!