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POLL: Lincoln set, Raw or Slabbed????
DickyBetz
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I got a Lincoln Dansco album for Christmas and I've been having fun finding some nice ones to fill it with. I've been thinking whether I wanted to either sell my Slabbed set and use the money to buy new raw ones, crack out the dates I dont have in the album and sell the rest, or keep two sets; one raw and one slabbed. What do you guys think?
Edited to add: My goal for this set is to have all of them in at least MS63RB. I might find that a little too unrealistic and go for lower grades for the keys.
Edited to add: My goal for this set is to have all of them in at least MS63RB. I might find that a little too unrealistic and go for lower grades for the keys.
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I'd not, however, put red coins in a Dansco. Too much of a gamble for a change to brown or unattractive toning, IMHO.
Just my $0.02...Mike
It was really impressive. Most of the red coins are now RB and many others are now brown.
As much as I love the set, it was a big mistake. Don't think I will ever put MS copper in an album again.
<< <i>If I buy one of those sleaves that dansco sells will that stop them from toning brown? >>
I'm not sure. It's also possible Dansco has improved their albums over the years.
<< <i>If I buy one of those sleaves that dansco sells will that stop them from toning brown? >>
Intersept shield makes a coin album that won't tone the coins.
I voted for raw and slabbed collection.
Sean Reynolds
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<< <i>Continue the slabbed collection in MS63RB and higher, and fill the album with nicely matched XF/AU coins. It will be more affordable, more attainable, you won't have to worry about the coins turning, and the filled book will look really nice when completed. >>
I've very nearly completed my run of small cents from 1857-1933, almost exclusively EF/AU. Nice, original coppers look wonderful in an album displayed raw.
There are exceptions; the 14-D, for example -- I still have mine slabbed in PCGS AU-50. I plan to buy a F/VF specimen to put in the album as a placeholder in the $200-300 range, because I don't want to crack this out given that the value nearly doubles from EF to AU. I don't have an SVDB yet, but if I get one, I'd probably crack it out if I'm certain of authenticity because of how slowly the value rises with grade in that grade range. I also cracked out my 1877 since I was sure of its authenticity. The grade listed was NGC 40, but that was optimistic and it's probably a very nice VF-35. But I paid VF-20 money for it anyway and I never plan to sell it, so...
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I shoot for the MS65+ RD range, but I keep them in 2x2's for now... maybe in a few weeks I'll move them to intercept's product.
...I would like to say I started out this way, but I started out with slabbed proofs at first (I thought they looked prettier), but after a while, MS coins seemed "more real", so I moved to raw coins.
...I would think RD coins would tone too quickly in an album.
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