Sample Coins Hello is there anyone out there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[acan451]

Hi

I posted this thread a wile ago and got almost no replay

so I thought I would give it another try. From I am hearing there is a growing interest in sample coins so here we go again.

I wanted to open a new thread and find others who collect or are interested in Sample Slabs.They come from all the TPG and as fare as I know from others no longer in business. I have been collecting samples for a while now and it is funny how I got started. Completely by mistake, I will share pictures of my samples and I encourage you to do the same. My main goal here is to see just how many people collect them. And enjoy them as much as I do. And here is a great website. http://sampleslabs.com/pcgs.html

Maybe we can trade or compare coins .

So if you collect sample slab's or find them interesting PLEASE join in.

Thanks

All the Best

Alan

 

 

[delta]

Have you tried communicating directly with conder101 who's an expert on coin slabs and their histories?

[acan451]

No Tell the truth never though of that

Thanks

Alan

[ldhair]

[Conder101]

Yes there is a growing interest, but the number of collectors is still very small. You can't expect a large response to your threads on sample slabs.

[physics-fan3.14]

Sample slabs to me are the equivalent of NCLT. Boring, anyone can make them, very low demand.

[Conder101]

Actually only the grading services can make them and unless they make a change in the slab there is seldom a reason to make a different one. I don't subscribe to Cameron's cataloging system where he gave different numbers to two sample slabs of the same design just because the coin in the holder was different. You might note those as variations but not different types. Usually a new sample slab only appear when the TPG makes a change in their slab type/design.

 

Now it is possible for show promoters or coin shops to get giveaway slabs from the services with the show name or the business name on them, but those are not sample slabs, they are advertising slabs. And I agree those are boring and of little importance.

[e1cnr]

I have a couple - I do not 'collect' them

 

 

many were made, sometimes for events/meetings

 

the demand is small at this time

the only dealer I knew that tried making money with them, didn't make enough

 

having said that, I was surprised at a recent eBay sale

 

 

 

sold for $167.50

 

eBay 'doily' sale

[James_OldeTowne]

A "sample slab" I would really like to see would be for a GSA dollar. In other words, did the government investigate prototypes?

[jtryka]

A long time ago, got a sample slab in the mail and I think it was for a second generation PCGS holder (not the old rattler) but it had a Liberty nickel in it. I can't remember what I ever did with that.

[Schatzy]

Here is the only sample I won.....and I only bought it because of the toning!!

[Oldtrader3]

I never even thought of them as being worth bothering with! I have a few, similar to the 1964-D dime, that I have just thrown in a box and forgot about. I also have some large State Quarter slabs also. I was given them by PCGS or NGC and just threw them in a drawer.

[acan451]

I never even thought of them as being worth bothering with! I have a few, similar to the 1964-D dime, that I have just thrown in a box and forgot about. I also have some large State Quarter slabs also. I was given them by PCGS or NGC and just threw them in a drawer.

 

I have the felling that has happened to many a sample.

But if nothing else maybe this thread has got you thinking.

Alan

[bsshog40]

Well I was going thru some stuff this evening and I found this Slab I had.

 

[leeg]

Sample Slabs I own:

 

 

 

 

 

The DGS Sample Slab is an error. It is a P Mint, not D mint.