The Sample Kind.

Cemonice's posting about different generations of NGC slab styles is a great dovetail to an article that PCGS's Alan Canavan wrote titled "What You Need to Know About PCGS Sample Slabs". As a longtime owner of a PCGS sample slab, I have always wondered if their was any enhanced collecting interest over and above the value of the common date silver Roosevelt encased within the slab.

Alan's article basically says that this is the time to seek out these sample slabs as there is growing collecter interest in the slabs and there numbers are relatively low. Here is a direct quote from his article:

"What really separates coin collecting from sample collecting is the fact that the coins are minted in the millions or even billions. Sample slabs are produced in lots of one thousand or less. When I say less, I am referring to numbers as low as five or ten!"

So, I am going to hang onto my sample slab for a few more years and see if a market really develops. Who knows, maybe that Slab will far outstrip the value of its encased Silver Dime.

http://samplecoinslabs.com/index.html/

Happy Holidays,

Malcolm

PS-The included photo shows a slab similar in style to mine.