Nice collection. If you buy your coins already slabbed for no extra cost, that's a good deal. I usually wait til I have a bunch of stuff and ANACS or NGC are having an advertising special to bring the price of grading and encapsulating to less than 12.00 per coin, then make a submission of 40 coins or more. For counterfeit detection I would always encapsulate my gold, platinum and key dates. Not so much modern stuff. Most dealers and shops are not selling bad 2017 Silver Eagles or MapleLeafs or other modern Bullion. But it is the safest way to preserve a collection for numismatic history and you do not have worry if a clumsy friend drops a coin you are showing him/her. :) But you really don't want to get stiffed buying a bad 1916-D Dime or a 1909-S VDB cent or your 23-D and S Washington Quarters, or 1895 5 Pound British Gold, Russian & Chinese rare coins. Counterfeits of these abound and the 1877 Indian Cent. For the amateur counterfeit detector I would always buy these slabbed, or get them slabbed immediately after buying them raw to make sure they are good. Nobody is counterfeiting a 2008-W Satin Finish American Silver Eagle just to make 35.00 and nobody cares if its a MS-70, 69, 68 or 67. The minting technology is so good these days, the coins are expected to be high grade. Look at Dan Carr's stuff from the Moonlight mint, and his Clark & Gruber Coins and Lesher Dollars. So actual government coins should of necessity be absolutely premium quality whether business strikes, BU or Proof. If a modern coin is 66 or less, theoretically it is a damaged coin in terms of todays technology. I like your stash and those NGC slabs are really a sturdy product. It's a nice holder. Love your Australian Map Coins. Those are a really nice set. Keep going for it. I like the Pandas and the Zodiac Collections the various mints did. Those are quite some artwork, wouldn't you say? Like looking at cool accumulations and collections. You got some neat stuff and quite a variety, too. Cool. Take Care.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from: