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WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 22, 2022 6:26PM in U.S. Coin Forum

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Liberty Seated Half Dollars (lower circulated grades)

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    WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 22, 2022 6:26PM

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    Liberty Seated Half Dollars (lower circulated grades)

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,786 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In most cases I prefer raw ancient coins to certified ones. The pieces I have been buying are usually not worth enough to rate the grading and shipping expenses.

    I prefer raw medals because the slabs for medals are so large that they take up massive amounts of safe deposit box space.

    In general, the only items I prefer in slabs are U.S. coins, with a few exceptions.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I get both. I’ve got a number of albums, a lot of ancients in a jar (dug bronze Byzantine mainly), and some rolls. I’ve got probably 10x raw vs slabbed in quantity but not in value... I just got an 1804 half cent that I’ll be cracking out for the album soon.

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    WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,016 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 22, 2022 6:27PM

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    Liberty Seated Half Dollars (lower circulated grades)

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    olympicsosolympicsos Posts: 977 ✭✭✭✭

    I prefer raw modern post 1965 coins, but pre 1965 stuff I prefer to be slabbed.

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    ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,934 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I prefer slabbed, but don’t mind raw (if I can examine the coin in person).
    Here is a chunk of my raw stuff.


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    SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 23, 2020 5:54PM

    Purchased raw (and still raw) from Tom Reynolds: N-4, net MS64 choice, CC #2

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,854 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, because I know how to look at a coin.

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 3,064 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can't say i prefer graded coins but I see it as a necessity for US coins of value. Would dearly love to free them but preservation and $$ dictates. Medals all raw, display them in a cabinet, a throwback. $$ not as critical an issue as very few of what I collect are graded (yet).

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    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,592 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like both raw and slabbed, although nothing beats the feel of holding a raw coin in one's hand.

    Here's a woody...


    Toned Franklins

    U.S. Type Set
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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have many raw coins. Here is one of them-a 1914 die clash named the "Lone Ranger" clash by Bill Fivaz.

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm not that particular.

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    stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For quite some time I’ve been appreciating raw coins again. Nothing like making a pile with bust halves, quarters , seated quarters. :)

    Please... Save The Stories, Just Answer My Questions, And Tell Me How Much!!!!!
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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here's another Lone Ranger clash, this one is a little clearer than the 1914. I have a set in a Dansco with an example for each year.

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    PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a Mercury dime collection both in holders and raw!
    Collect coins not holders!

    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like raw coins and I like slabbed coins.... I love the feel of big gold, raw, in my hand....and Morgan dollars as well. Special coins or those frequently counterfeited, are preferred in slabs. Cheers, RickO

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    clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 5,010 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I prefer buying them raw and having them graded, though I do have a LOT of raw stuff floating around too.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,854 ✭✭✭✭✭

    E & T Kointainers make wonderful holders for raw coins. The ANA Museum used to use them to display coins, and may still do so, and I have heard that the Smithsonian did so too.

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,914 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Haven’t purchased a raw coin (outside of some 90% silver rolls) in over 15 years.

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
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    dcarrdcarr Posts: 10,047 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you collect vintage counterfeits and/or certain exonumia, there isn't much choice.

    Moonlight Mint
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    metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,614 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dcarr said:
    If you collect vintage counterfeits and/or certain exonumia, there isn't much choice.

    Please elaborate. Dcarr in the house. Big fan.

    email: ccacollectibles@yahoo.com

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    dcarrdcarr Posts: 10,047 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @metalmeister said:

    @dcarr said:
    If you collect vintage counterfeits and/or certain exonumia, there isn't much choice.

    Please elaborate. Dcarr in the house. Big fan.

    For example, this 1893-O Morgan Dollar, VAM-6:
    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1044438/

    Also, most dcarr items of course ;)

    Moonlight Mint
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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,680 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 23, 2020 10:18PM

    I enjoy raw coins far more than slabs, but slabs have practical advantages that I can’t ignore.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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    RollermanRollerman Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like my album coins, enjoy also my 2 X 2 books and my slabbed material too!

    "Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet."
    Louis Armstrong
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    chesterbchesterb Posts: 995 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like raw coins and have quite a few. I also have a display case where I put some lower value older ones that I can pick up and handle without worrying about hitting their value.

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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If I purchase a coin in a slab I usually leave it in the slab, but the vast majority of my coins are raw.
    I used to crack everything out years ago but I have matured.

    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
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    WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,016 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The value is not a factor for me since the coins I own I will 99% never sell I rather enjoy them. I may get it coin albums as mentioned above by Rollerman.

    Liberty Seated Half Dollars (lower circulated grades)

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    WildWestHalfDollarsWildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,016 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can't afford coins above $5000 anyways so I am fine with them being raw.

    Liberty Seated Half Dollars (lower circulated grades)

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    SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,973 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are some.

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    FullHornFullHorn Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love to shoot pictures in the raw, I mean of raw coins, Sometimes cooked coins remain raw.




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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 23, 2020 8:45PM

    I collected raw coins, all the time, back in the late 80s and early 90s. I only collect slabbed coins, now, and sold all of my raw coins and re-infused the proceeds back into my certified collection. From an investment and protection from damage standpoint, certified coins are by far better. I still have a few, sentimental, raw pieces but they aren't worth that much.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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    dcarrdcarr Posts: 10,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 23, 2020 8:59PM

    @SanctionII said:
    Here are some.

    Nice.
    You have two 1956, so I assume one is Type-1 and the other Type-2 ?
    Also two 1961. Is one the doubled die ?
    And two 1964, so I assume one is the "Accented Hair" ?

    Moonlight Mint
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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Each has its advantages and disadvantages and I enjoy both. Recent buy form the BST here for my 7070 album.


    My Lincoln Registry
    My Collection of Old Holders

    Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
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    rln_14rln_14 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭

    Raw for me, I am on a 20 year plan to complete 4 or 5 albums, I think I am on year 11 or 10 or 12 of the plan? Don't know cuz I don't know when I started...hehe

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    SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,973 ✭✭✭✭✭

    DCARR.

    Yes on all counts. All coins except the 1956 Type 1 have two sided frost. It has reverse frost and a brilliant obverse.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,296 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Either or Im happy with it

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,461 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 24, 2020 12:40AM

    Here are some:

    1958-D Lincoln Cent Lamination Error "Open Book"

    1886 Springfield 250th Anniversary So-Called Dollar - HK-608

    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
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    Cul8rCul8r Posts: 165 ✭✭

    I like them both but i have 20 times more raw than slabbed,but that's just a money issue, don't have the coin to shell out for the slabbed ones I'd love to have. Pardon the pun .

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    SnapsSnaps Posts: 212 ✭✭✭✭

    I have more raw coins than slabbed coins. A lot of my raw coin inventory came from buying trinkets from the mint. I found this coin while I was hunting $5 Buffalo nickels. I wanted to see how many holes I could fill for $5 or less. I paid $30 for this nickel.

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    SiriusBlackSiriusBlack Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like both, but I’m in love with Library of Coin and Dansco albums so I have a lot of raw in those.

    Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.

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    CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,725 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It all depends on what I am purchasing. I have no preference, I like and purchase both raw and slabbed.

    Here is the 90% "junk silver" tubes I am currently filling. However, at the current prices, I have not bought any for awhile. Obviously, these would be raw.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Raw for me, usually $100 or less coins, but anything above that, I prefer certified...

    My YouTube Channel

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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,740 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 25, 2020 11:36AM

    They are fun. It all adds up.

    I have a binder of collector (raw) coins for shows in cowans pages: Good- Gem BU.

    Investor
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This would be a fun coin raw, but in this grade there’s no way I’d crack it:

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