To Peel or Not to Peel? That is the Question.

I know it has been discussed before, but I can't find any threads about it. Plan on sending cards for grading to preserve them as I'm keeping them. Do they look better? Grade better? Cards in question are 97 Platinum Gold, 99 Finest Gold Refractor, 96 Mirror Blue.

Gracias for any input.

They often grade better without the coating for 2 reasons: the coating protects the actual card surface, and the coating scratches very easily as it's only a thin film. I see no reason to ever not peel the 1996 Certified, as the coating serves no purpose and many don't even know they have them. With Finest and the 97 Certified, on the other hand, the coating is almost part of the card and many prefer they not be peeled. But if they're PC, I would peel if the coating has any scratches/imperfections

1996 Select peels tend to have bubbles and scratches......but they are tough to peel. I suggest working with a few commons first so you dont damage a MB Rickey.

they definitely look better without the peel, and when they are going in my pc, the peel comes off

I looked at the 99 Finest Gold Refractor I just got and it looks like the peel is coming off one of the points. The peel does say peel and remove film.

Answer is one of each...

Ryan

RStadlerASU22 said:

Answer is one of each...

Ryan

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+1, you need one of each

If you only have 1 and it's staying in the PC, peel it. One of my graded cards in my PC is not peeled and it annoys the sh*t out of me every time I look at it, so much so I've considered busting it, peeling it and sending it back in to get graded again.

Hawk8 said:

+1, you need one of each

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You find me another Mirror Blue and Gold Refractor and I'll have one of each.

George_Calfas said:

1996 Select peels tend to have bubbles and scratches......but they are tough to peel. I suggest working with a few commons first so you dont damage a MB Rickey.

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Even base have peel?

Hendersonfan said:

You find me another Mirror Blue and Gold Refractor and I'll have one of each.

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Lol


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Hendersonfan said:

Even base have peel?

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Yes

I'd say unpeeled is best. The way I look at it, it's your PC but eventually it will get back into circulation if you decide to sell or whatever. At that point, you've altered the card. You may think "Oh well, it's my card". With a base common, I'd agree as there is more than enough supply to satisfy demand. With a limited card, you change it and it is now possibly "ruined" in the eyes of other collectors. In all reality it's not as it was created at that point. One person does this? No big deal. If a lot more feel that way, all of a sudden we've taken a rare card and changed it to suit our own purposes. Tanner(mouschi) said it the other day, some of these things are like art. Granted the rare art and historical pieces are generally 1/1's but it would be a bad world if the folks who own such items changed them to suit their fancy.

With that said, I'm not even a fan of taking some of the cards people send to Tanner and making custom pieces. If it's a rare card, as some of them have been, it's been destroyed. 20 years down the road, some poor sap may be looking for it as if it still exists.

Take care of your cards.

I say leave the peel on! Sure it looks better, but cards are not made to be looked at. They're made to be sealed tight in a box, on a shelf, in a closet!
On a serious note, I do leave peels on. I am collecting the card as it comes from the pack. Remember those "Mystery Finest" with the black peels? Those are the only ones I have with the peel off, but I have found a few extra copies with peel still on! Those gotta be fairly rare, right?

Take a 97 mirror gold peel it then put it in a penny sleeve then to top load. Now take it out. The card is micro scratched and will never be in mint state.

Gwynn545 said:

I say leave the peel on! Sure it looks better, but cards are not made to be looked at. They're made to be sealed tight in a box, on a shelf, in a closet!
On a serious note, I do leave peels on. I am collecting the card as it comes from the pack. Remember those "Mystery Finest" with the black peels? Those are the only ones I have with the peel off, but I have found a few extra copies with peel still on! Those gotta be
fairly rare, right?

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" Remember those "Mystery Finest" with the black peels?"
Those are awesome and very rare. I love them.

Gwynn545 said:

I say leave the peel on! Sure it looks better, but cards are not made to be looked at. They're made to be sealed tight in a box, on a shelf, in a closet!
On a serious note, I do leave peels on. I am collecting the card as it comes from the pack. Remember those "Mystery Finest" with the black peels? Those are the only ones I have with the peel off, but I have found a few extra copies with peel still on! Those gotta be fairly rare, right?

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I'm not a peeler here either

I say no to peeling personally