??Previously unknown?? YN Treasure Trivia Slab – Bolivian 2R

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I only find six from that invoice in the NGC database, 4 Bolivian and 2 Mexican. Beyond that, I know nothing, but there is lots I can surmise and guess at.

 

By Conder101's. #ing it is NGC7, used from 1987-2000 and again in 2001 - it has the half sized ANA official grading service hologram and no letters or words in the bottom of the label box.

 

Cameron's SampleSlabs.com numbers are always a little harder to work with (he looked at the individual labels not the styles), but his first treasure trivia slab is his #16 (which is Condor's NGC8 because the serial number is under the barcode). Cameron guessed 1999 because of the coin date, but the 2000 ANA Summer/Fall show was in Philadelphia and that meshes better with Conder's dating NGC8 to August 2000.

 

The label background of my slab is the bolder one which is the same as Cameron's 16.1 through 16.3 none of which had a show pedigree on them and none of which he was able to date better than 1999 through 2000 based on the coin dates (1999 and 2000 state quarters, MA, CT and NJ). Given Conder's August 2001 date for NGC9, all the evidence I have says Cam's 16.1, 16.2 and 16.3 and this one are all within that range: 1999/2000 through July and Sept 2000 - June 2001.

 

The 1999 ANA shows were in Sacramento CA and Chicago - the SQ release dates don't help as Massachusetts was the sixth state quarter released and that was on January 3rd 2000.

 

The 2001 shows were Salt Lake City and Atlanta. Arguably NGC could have used a Georgia quarter (released in 1999) for a 2001 show... especially if you relate the PA quarter to the Philadelphia show.

 

Based on the invoice #s I'm betting that 16.2 [129882-xxx] and 16.3 [006242-xxx] were the 2000 Spring ANA (WfoM) in Ft. Lauderdale and 16.1 [273820-xxx] and mine were the 2001 Spring show in Salt Lake City, UT.

 

And here is - perhaps - the gun (albeit not smoking): https://www.money.org/blog/ANA-National-Money-show-is-great... half way down, the TT winner won a shipwreck 8 real...

 

Anyone have specific knowledge or wants to bet the runner up prizes were also old Spanish coins?