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Do I open the spouse coins??

Someone please talk me into it!!! I'm on the fence about it.
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  • good lookin' coin
  • It seems a shame to have something and never take the time to look at it.
  • pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    You have 30 days to submit the coin for early strike or whatever.


  • << <i>It seems a shame to have something and never take the time to look at it. >>


    That's like buyin' an empty box of Cracker Jacks....!!!......What's inside...????
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  • Let's see... Ugly brown cardboard box, or beautiful solid gold coins? Hmm.
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  • CoinlearnerCoinlearner Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image I waited this morning til I could not take it anymore.(1/2 hr.) How long do you like "suffering"?image....A sealed proof just sold for 525..unc. still there for same( Just sold}. I have been buying and need to save cash for future issues. Do not think these will go crazy in price right away. Think they will over time do well compared to others.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Open the spouse coins, but stay outta her purse image
  • why did you buy them if you didn't want to hold them in your hand and eyeball them?

    EDITED: that is a lot of money just to look at a card board box.
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  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,667 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Open them, i want to be the only one left with a sealed set (or two, or three).

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  • USCGCraigUSCGCraig Posts: 1,008 ✭✭
    Opened. Beautiful. Forgot how small they are. Just sent off today to PCGS for First Strike and PF70 and MS70 grades. image
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  • it would be a hell of a note to open them 2 or 3 years from now and find out they mistakenly shipped you 2007 clad proof sets.
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  • RedStormRedStorm Posts: 231 ✭✭✭


    << <i>it would be a hell of a note to open them 2 or 3 years from now and find out they mistakenly shipped you 2007 clad proof sets. >>

    But for that to happen, the Mint will have had to make a mistake, which would mean poor quality control...and...oh! Never Mind! image
  • Modern crap!!! image just kidding image
  • OPEN THE BOX....!!! ...DAMNIT...!!!!!.....image
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  • I opened it and am very glad that I did. There were three unc coins in there!!! Just kidding but mine is very nice. at least a 70 perhaps even a 71!!!
    If I was half as smart as I am dumb Iwould be a genious
  • BarbercoinBarbercoin Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭
    Just open it up...... it's calling your name.....

    Then, go buy another

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  • << <i>it would be a hell of a note to open them 2 or 3 years from now and find out they mistakenly shipped you 2007 clad proof sets. >>


    It is funny you said that because my last order from the mint gat screwed up like that. I ordered Jefferson first day covers and was charged for that but got Idaho covers instead.
    If I was half as smart as I am dumb Iwould be a genious
  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,484 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just open the damn thing. At least make sure there's a coin inside
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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,484 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<Just kidding but mine is very nice. at least a 70 perhaps even a 71>>!!!

    When you feel you have a 70, it will probably come back a 69.
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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Well, if you plan on keeping it open it. I will open mine the day they arrive.

    If you plan on grading it but can't send it in the next 30 days then leave it alone.

    If you plan on grading it and can send it in quickly then open it.

    Enjoy it, the box for these are incredible. Nice highly polished wood box.
  • Im glad you mentioned the box because i am very pleased with it. If my set hasen't sold by the morning i probably will take it off the bay and keep it. That is one of the main reasons I didn't want to open it. I didn't want to become attatched..
    If I was half as smart as I am dumb Iwould be a genious
  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    I didn't think these were supposed to ship 'til 9/24. I want mine! image
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  • PCGS is going to First Strike these?
    Why is that even offered, aren't they all de facto 'First Strikes' anyway?
    Seems pointless, I mean even more so than usual.
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139
    I don't get this game people are playing. You like the coins, so you buy them. All this first strike nonsense will realize zero premiums in the future, or nearly so. Enjoy coins like they are supposed to be enjoyed and don't sweat all of these peripheral issues. "Do I open" apparently is like "do I clean" to some indivduals.
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  • << <i>Im glad you mentioned the box because i am very pleased with it. If my set hasen't sold by the morning i probably will take it off the bay and keep it. That is one of the main reasons I didn't want to open it. I didn't want to become attatched.. >>


    image........I give up......!!!!
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  • CoinlearnerCoinlearner Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image...Well, if you mentioned that your going to sell right away, most would say leave it sealed. But with so many there now it will not make any or much difference anyway. image
  • The only reason I have not opened mine, is the fact that they have not been delivered yet.image
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  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    Mine shipped today (Saturday, Sept 22)! I will need to stop at the air port on my way home from work on Monday. (One of the few time I'm happy to go out of my way.)

    Oh, yea, open them they are really cool.

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  • RedStormRedStorm Posts: 231 ✭✭✭
    A sort of on topic question: The cut-off for "opened" First Strikes is October 19. Does PCGS need to receive the coin by that cut-off date or does it need to be postmarked by that date?
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>PCGS is going to First Strike these?
    Why is that even offered, aren't they all de facto 'First Strikes' anyway?
    Seems pointless, I mean even more so than usual. >>



    As a business man, I completely agree.
    I'd rather specialize in ONE thing like a Neurosurgeon.
    For me, grading is already above the call of duty on submissions. I just want the PCGS label and the protection of the plastic. The US Mint cardboard box will keep it safe, too, but like someone else pointed out...
    what if it was not a spouse coin in it ? Ya gotta look.... so look at the thread title and try answering that question image
  • FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
    I left mine sealed ( the BU version arrived Friday ) - for about 10 minutes. image

    Nice Coin ! I really like it - trust me - it's more enjoyable to look at the Coin than the cardboard box.

  • I'd open the box, whats the harm?
  • AkbeezAkbeez Posts: 2,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Opening the box eliminates the perception of cherry picking for the purpose of slabbing. Sealed box coins often resell for a premium -- I completely understand the dilemma for a flipper who also truly likes coins...

    I plan on opening one set - keeping the other (relative purchased) sealed away.

    mcmxi -- Took a while to really address the question through all the chafe, eh?

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  • << <i>I don't get this game people are playing. You like the coins, so you buy them. All this first strike nonsense will realize zero premiums in the future, or nearly so. >>

    I agree. Keeping it in the cardboard box = WTF?
  • I opened mine, I agree that it would seem they would all be eligable as "First Strike"...I would have opened mine anyway!

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