I had finally bought a graded coin.... and I feel like I should bust the poor jailed coin out of it. Feel the same about proof sets too. Who else experiences this...is it just me, seems they are much more comfy in a soft 2x2 holder

I like the slabs makes coin handling lots safer. I break my proofs and such out to put them in the Danscos.

I know Art...but it's like a girdle or ... jock strap Tis ok I will leave it in jail

I feel the same as Art on this.

Maybe it is just our desire to get our hot sweaty hands on that cold hard cash...

So far I have resisted the need to free those beautiful coins from their enclosures. But I think about what might happen to them if I were to do so.

Now, if there were one or two defective coins in a set and I wanted to get the rest graded and have them come back in slabs I am not sure what I would do. Right now I have that decision to make concerning a lovely 1976 proof set with a bad penny in it.
It might take awhile for me to make this decision, until then you all go on with your conversations and I will go on with my contemplating.

Corky

Well, I'm considering breaking out a MS-63 Peace Dollar (1923? Can't remember, I'm in class) from its USGS slab just so I can put my whole Peace collection in one spot; I'm not gonna slab any common-date poor or about good pieces.

As for proof sets - I don't get many; I have a 1987 set for my birth year and will be getting a 2007 set because it has the SQs and PDs. I just pull pretty pieces from circulation to put in my folders.

I only have a few slabbed coins that I have kept in there because they are UNC and Gold in perfect condition...any other coin that has already been circulated, I break out...any ancient coin I get in a slab I free right off the bat...I see little need in encasing a coin...I will use airtites...then I can open them and get the coin out as I please.