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Poll: Do you keep the GreatCollections sticker on your slab when you win a coin auction?
Goldbully
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Does it give the coin more coin cred?
Or does it make any difference at all?
What do you do with your GC sticker?
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I remove them almost immediately. Now you got me wondering why I do!
...scratch & sniff would be cooler
I see no need to remove any of those stickers I might need it to jog my memory someday
I remove all the stickers (GC, Heritage, Stacks, dealer prices, etc).
When some of these stickers stay on too long they can leave a residue on the slab. I tend to prefer that the slabs stay as clean as possible (so that nothing distracts from the coin).
The worst are the stickers that are placed over the NGC or PCGS hologram (mainly on older holders). Those are the cause of many damaged holograms (like the following example I pulled from eBay).
I remove all stickers, even the sticker residue.
I put my own stickers on the slabs such as SKU# and price.
I remove all stickers and residue when I ship out a coin to a client.
Profession presentation is my goal.
I remove the entire holder, but the sticker stays.
That coin is gorgeous, grade please? Guessing 67+
so, what do you do with the coin???
It's graded MS 65
(it was the first example I could find that illustrated what I was saying).
....currently on ebay from David Lawrence:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1942-50c-NGC-MS65-OH-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar/202737832410?hash=item2f341dd1da:g:A-oAAOSweEFcjuRe
Yes, I remove it with any other useless ornaments or football shaped green sticker's that may happen to be attached. ;-)
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The reverse looks 68 but the obverse does look worse. If it were mine it would be going to our host for an upgrade.
I doubt it would get much higher than a 66, and at that point one would be spending more on grading fees than any increased value from a higher grade.
It does appear to be a nice coin overall and I'm sure someone will be happy to own it.
@U1chicago After enlarging the pic I do see a lot of marks - Nice luster though.
Remove
Stickers be gone!
I remove all stickers as soon as I get the coin. They go into file 13.
I take them off immediately
I leave them on but only because I'm too lazy to do otherwise.
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I remove them. If it's a variety I feel like attributing, I affix my sticker.
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I remove them.
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No remove
I leave stickers on every coin I buy, either dealer or auction house. I’ve lost receipts and I’ve had computers crash and die.
All dealer & auction stickers are removed and stuck on the invoice then filed away.
I remove them all.
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I remove any stickers, gently clean the slab, and then I add my own sticker which shows the source, purchase date, and price. Love the nice uniform look. The stickers I use easily come off if needed.
Dave
I haven’t given that any prior thought, but I’m obviously in the minority here.
Great Collections stickers? Really?
Much as I love what Ian had done, a GC sticker means nothing.
Lance.
Same here.
Bought 100 holdered cents from Heritage a few years ago. Put them away and when it was time to sell, it was a nightmare to remove the stickers. They come off immediately now.
Removed, replaced with my own sticker with date and price !!!
I remove all stickers and any glue residue. I like my slabs to be clean and uncluttered.. They are a distraction and an eye sore not unlike buying a used car with someone else's bumper stickers.
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I remove stickers for the most part..... There are a few in my cabinet that I have not removed...just busy and forgot. Cheers, RickO
Rightly or wrongly, I pull all of the auction stickers from the coins I buy. I put my own sticker on it with the price paid and date purchased.
I hate people who leave stickers on coins. Most all of the older holder coins where you see a lot of the label or whatever you call it on the back gone is due to people leaving stickers on their slabs. Some will even damage that when they are a fresh sticker if you are not careful. The older heritage stickers were some of the worst!
I remove them but some sneak by...
I remove them and any sticker residue.
I do as soon as I get it.
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Remove stickers immediately.
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Can you recommend a sticker Dave?
I take them off as well.
Oh yeah, I remove those kind of stickers right away unless I’m going to crack out the coin, or send it in for reholdering and Trueviewing.
When I saw “GC” in the OP I misread it to mean another popular sticker ending in the letter C. I am kinda ambivalent about those on a slabbed coin I’m keeping and not selling, but it’s probably best we don’t talk about that. It’s a beautiful Saturday morning — let’s not wreck it.
@oldabeintx - Can you recommend a sticker Dave?
These are the labels I use. I've tried many different kinds over the years, and these work the best for me. They can be removed very easily, and will not damage to the slab in any way. I get these at Bartells, a pharmacy we have are here. Great product.
Good luck,
Dave
Just wanted to add, our labels do remove very easily without damaging the slab or hologram. (there's one type of holder that there's hologram issues; we do not put our labels over those).
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I don't really care what's on the slab, so I just leave any extraneous coin shop or ebay stickers, mostly because I'm lazy. I mean, once you start peeling, then you have to deal with getting the remaining crap off of there. I suppose I would clean them up if I ever sold anything.
I remove the stickers and clean the residue if need. I add my own small sticker with my code and Date.
All my slabs are nekkid.
Thanks Dave I need some for special coins. The slab does not always tell the tale.
I see no poll,,,,,,
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
My thought, as well...
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