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**Samples for the Weekend**

ECHOESECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 26, 2021 4:11PM in U.S. Coin Forum

With many thanks to @Lakesammman for his informative posts,
a true resource on the forums for Samples, and a go-to for me...

Acquired these two this week, a 4.1, and a 4.11

~HABE FIDUCIAM IN DOMINO III V VI / III XVI~
POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
Love for Music / Collector of Dreck

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,053 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like those, they have cert #’s that even I can remember.

  • ZoidMeisterZoidMeister Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Belize it or not, Zoid even has one of these . . .

    Z

    Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!

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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder if ANACS ever produced a "sample" photo certificate.

    Need a Barber Half with ANACS photo certificate. If you have one for sale please PM me. Current Ebay auctions
  • ECHOESECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If this is wrong, I don't want to be right, that being said,
    I might have a problem...
    I swear it is numismatic crack...

    ~HABE FIDUCIAM IN DOMINO III V VI / III XVI~
    POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
    Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 11,652 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 27, 2021 1:16PM

    This one is a little rough on the surface, but a Sample Doily nonetheless;

    oih82w8 = Oh I Hate To Wait _defectus patientia_aka...Dr. Defecto - Curator of RMO's

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,187 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 27, 2021 2:17PM

    Congrats on both, especially the one with "Sample" shifted to the right - a surprisingly hard sample to find. :+1:

    Here's a tough one as well......

    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
  • ECHOESECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Lakesammman said:
    Congrats on both, especially the one with "Sample" shifted to the right - a surprisingly hard sample to find. :+1:

    Here's a tough one as well......

    Nice... :#

    ~HABE FIDUCIAM IN DOMINO III V VI / III XVI~
    POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
    Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    storing this dual sample slab is also “surprisingly” difficult to neatly store with 18 other PCGS sample slabs in a PCGS box of 20. LOL.

    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
  • DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,416 ✭✭✭✭

    So what exactly is the definition, history, purpose, & allure of a "Sample" slab?

    -- Dave

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,187 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Samples are a way for individuals or company's to familiarize their customers with their products. I find them fascinating, just as I find antique salesman samples fascinating (Red Wing, Sleepy Eye Stoneware, furniture manufacturers, etc). As someone who is a life long coin collector, who likes PCGS products, it's a natural extension of a lifelong interest. Finding a previously unknown PCGS Sample is exciting for me.

    Besides, my wife won't like me buying 5-6 figure coins on a regular basis, so it scratches my collecting "itch", for very little money, in-between major purchases.

    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,855 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 28, 2021 7:49PM

    Here are some of mine, starting with a Christmas gift from my friend @shortnock- an NGC for the 2020 PAN show that didn't happen. The ANACS one is a sample with a sample 'metallic' label we tested before deciding to go with our current design:

    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,187 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice samples!

    I bought a whole box of the Intercept shield samples once. Wanted the box and the 1 unique sample in the box that called out the products that Intercept Shield provides. :D

    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,855 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ECHOES said:
    If this is wrong, I don't want to be right, that being said,
    I might have a problem...
    I swear it is numismatic crack...

    You should see my collection of ANACS samples. I have no idea how many I have.

    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
  • BigtreeBigtree Posts: 180 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Already posted this one in the general NEWPs thread. I don’t consider myself a sample slab collector but the combination of the interesting slab and gold CAC sticker was too cool to pass up. Plus I’ll need a steel cent for my registry set at some point and couldn’t warm up to the idea of buying any old MS-67 widget.

  • WingsruleWingsrule Posts: 2,969 ✭✭✭✭

    Sorry for the crappy photos. New camera due tomorrow.

  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Here's 1 to match yours @Wingsrule !!

    Ken
  • ECHOESECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cmerlo1 said:

    @ECHOES said:
    If this is wrong, I don't want to be right, that being said,
    I might have a problem...
    I swear it is numismatic crack...

    You should see my collection of ANACS samples. I have no idea how many I have.

    Same here with PCGS...

    ~HABE FIDUCIAM IN DOMINO III V VI / III XVI~
    POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
    Love for Music / Collector of Dreck

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