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PillarDollarCollector
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
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PillarDollarCollector
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PillarDollarCollector
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Yes. They usually end up in my "reholder queue."
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
As long as I can see the coin I don't worry about minor scratches, chips, etc. in the slab
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
I'd try to buff out the scratch and probably ignore the cracks unless they compromise the slab's structural integrity. I wouldn't send one coin through the mail for a reholder. I'll submit a small batch at shows.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
It depends upon the severity. Generally I don’t care about scratches and scruffs. A crack would be worrying, though, depending upon location. Some people want the plastic to be pristine but I think all plastic will have marks eventually so it’s a matter of how much.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
Yes - it gets on the reholder bus. Otherwise tough to sell. Take care of your slabs.
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
Much ado about nothing
No, I don’t care about minor damage. If I felt the holder was compromised and the coin might fall out then I would definitely have the coin reholdered.
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
Nope, minor damage does not bother me.
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
Based on your pictures, I'd wager that most would agree with me. But, if it bothers you, then reholder by all means.
Damaged holder = Expense to get it reholdered = Problem = Avoid.
A great coin distracts my view of the holder. Thank you for sharing. In this case, I would merely enjoy the coin.
I recently bought this coin... she's a little rough, but the slab was in pristine condition.
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Absolutely. To me, it's like having a chip on the windshield right in one's line of sight.
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
SGS 70?
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
Why yes, yes it does.
In my experience, PCGS holders crack easily, especially the prong areas that stick up for stacking. It's usually cosmetic. If you continue to purchase TPG coins, you're bound to have several. I don't worry about it and it's a hassle to reholder, especially if it has a CAC sticker on it.
inside cracks on the side happen most i think, Can't really see them unless you look
Cracked cases , bad chips hunks missing bother me to the point that off to reholder they go, also scuffy cases. I keep my personal coin slabs in pristine. The little stacker lip is not as bad if small, although I have to say I have a pretty expensive coin that needs to be reholdered becuase of that, but its to expensive to cover insurance wise, so it would have to be when I can drop off in person to pcgs at a show.
I once owned a PCGS XF45 1900-O dime. The exact center of the holder had what appeared to be a burn spot in the plastic. It was just a pinpoint of a thing but everytime I would look at the coin that spot would throw a shadow onto the center of the coin. Obnoxious as hell to me. I broke the coin out and now it resides in a Coin World Premier holder that cost me $3. I kept the PCGS holder and label as proof that the piece once graded XF45 at PCGS.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
Take a look at this 1927 buffalo nickel slabbed by pcgs -- this is one of the two satin finish specimen
strikings this one an sp65 that they have sold in auction, worth many tens of thousands of dollars.
and yet the gasket surrounding the coin looks as if it was held too close to a fire this must be the
result of degradation in the holder overtime if this were my coin i would certainly want it reholderd
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
No... Minor scratches I can buff out....I have one or two with a large crack, but I just live with it. Cheers, RickO
Yes, damaged plastic bothers me.
Yes, the amount of bother is proportionate to the amount of damage. Mostly I'm bothered if the coin is hard to view properly; however, I have cleaned them up using techniques I learned here from this forum.
yes it bothers me as well. reholder time at that point
I would prefer it if the slab wasn’t damaged, but if I like the coin in the slab, a little bit of damage certainly won’t preclude me from buying the coin.
Scuffs can be buffed out. Everything else is indeed a nuisance.
“I may not believe in myself but I believe in what I’m doing” ~Jimmy Page~
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947)
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Yes, I hate to buy coins from auction that the holder is damaged. I once call ha to withdraw my bid because I don’t want to pay 30k with holder damaged
I have passed on scratched up holders before. Unsure of what lies below. Take care of your slabs!
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Coin collecting interests: Latin American early pillar 1 reales
Sports: NFL & NHL
O.K. On the subject, what do you all use to buff out the plastic ?
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
I just has a buyer sent me this photo saying the holder has a little crack. I got this from SB two months ago. So I refunded the buyer $50 to let him go away (I offered $30 but he asked for $50).
@jt88 Did you block him?
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
Thank you sir.
You’re welcome Tom. It works well on PCGS slabs. NGC slabs are tough.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
yes
Couldn't agree more the ngc slab are very tough especially with the new ones!! Maybe the ngc plastic is just too smooth??
No, I did not.
Too soft, which is why they crush with snips, not crack. Plastic polish works best on hard surfaces. Like headlight lens covers.
PCGS holders clean up nicely. I'm not sure which is more prone to scuffing.
Lance.