A new journey, seeking out Rattlers with stickers
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My first win at a Sheridan Downey Mail Bid auction was an 1833 CBH P58CAC Rattler - sticker applied after photo (first time holding a Rattler). That got me hooked on the slab. I have always liked Rattler holders. The problem has been finding affordable Classic Heads and Early gold in them.
Rattlers are my favorite of all the slabs out there. I will admit I have not held an early ANACS slab. There is something about hearing that coin rattle and spin in the slab that interests me. Unfortunately that frustrated a lot of people and they took advantage of a very cheap crossover offer to get them out of these slabs. Commems seem to have been saved from the crossover as their value for an upgrade was probably not worth the cost back then.
I had hoped to pick up a few stickered slabs at the Rosemont show but did not find any on display. I did have luck on GC a few weeks back so here are my second two slabs in my collection.
As they say, Collect the slab not the coin 
The San Diego design has always been a favorite. The BTW was just a last second pick up because it matched the San Diego appearance and shipping is expensive on one item.
The hunt will continue for others that fit the collection. I have reached out to a few slab collectors here to get ideas. Feel free to contact me if you want to share anything about this adventure. I am sure there will be more very soon.
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Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
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I always thought finding a pristine PCGS rattler box and creating a box of 20 from that would be cool
Beautiful CBH! Best of luck on your quest… I will admit that I prefer the OGH and NGC Fatty holders though. As always though, it’s the coin I’m buying.
The coin inside the holder matters but the adventure is in finding both
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Love the 1833 bust, there all good 👍
Thanks @johnny9434 I do wish I could afford all CBH Rattlers that show up but those are very pricey.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
4-5 years ago I was at a show (New Hampshire maybe?) and saw a gorgeous 1811 CBH, PCGS 55 (I believe) with CAC gold in a rattler, passed on it like an idiot. I bet that someone on this board owns it!
Cool set to build. That 1833 obverse looks uncirculated.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
I checked eBay out of curiosity and rattler boxes are almost $300 😳
Damn!
The box costs as much or more than some of the coins you could put in it!
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