@pointfivezero said:
Couple of pickups today. Both seller photos.
Yah beat me on the Frankie, SOMEBODY has deeper pockets. Glad it has a good home.
I wondered if that might be you I was bidding against. I realized I overpaid but I wanted to pair up the Long Beach with the Huxley I picked up recently.
While you are at it, grab a First Token - that's the ACG slab (although Conder says they were not officially licensed), and sometimes you will see an NGS slab on fleaBay. As long as you are building the set
@BStrauss3 said:
While you are at it, grab a First Token - that's the ACG slab (although Conder says they were not officially licensed), and sometimes you will see an NGS slab on fleaBay. As long as you are building the set
Received the Long Beach holder yesterday and after an hour of Goo Gone scrubbing to remove the remnants of the old sticker, the new pair is ready for a formal introduction here. Not sure how rare these two "half's" are but I'm happy to add them to the collection:
Visit to my local shop yesterday - very pleased with the Hall Flips!
"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, Big Moose.
"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, Big Moose.
Just have to toss this in there... TGS/NGS/UGS is one of my obsessions. Out of a couple hundred I've had sight of, this is the only one with this style label:
-----Burton ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Yep - obsolete plastic definitely qualifies to be in this thread.
"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, Big Moose.
The nice thing about the first-gen PCI and the holder HALLMARK slabs is you know they were accurately, albeit technically, graded. It makes it that much sweeter when you find one.
-----Burton ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
I'm a fan of the Compugrade slab - pretty hard to find anything other than Morgans in these holders. They were well made and I like being able to see the coin info on the top of the slab.
"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, Big Moose.
A few of these were made for PCGS management - so far I've only seen Hall and VanSimmons. Any others??
"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, Big Moose.
I don't recall seeing this combo before (NCI verifying a PCGS grade) - have I just not been paying attention??
"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, Big Moose.
but wait, it gets better... @davidschwager emailed me with another one...
And a version of -23 using the same cert# but an older font!
And today at the TNA, Kevin Kell has a new one - never before seen:
And when I asked where he had gotten it from, he pointed to a guy all the way across the room in a distinctive shirt. Who turns out to be a friend of mine. Who had them made for the Houston Money Show Scout Merit Badge class. Happened to have some quarters, and some 1950 3c stamps lying around!
My source says 40 were made, the NGC database shows (estimates, I didn't probe all the cert#s)
-001 to -042 with 2005-D Oregon 50SQ
-043 to -082 with 2010-D Yellowstone ATB quarters
-083 to -122 with the 2012-D El Yunque (PR) ATB quarters
-123 to -162 with 2010-D Yellowstone ATB again
-163 to -169 with 2005-D Kansas 50SQ
-170 with 2005-D West Virginia 50SQ
-171 to -178 with 2000-P Massachusetts 50SQ
-179 to -202 with 1999-D New Jersey 50SQ
All Scout samples are incredibly rare to see on eBay. Scouts seem to hang on to them.
Oh, and one more...
(that's PCGS-Medal-9-1 in the database)
-----Burton ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Wasn't familiar with the scout and merit badge samples - thanks for posting!
"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, Big Moose.
It took a while to find my photos but here are the ones I used to have.
Back in the day, I remember meeting Patti Finner at one of the Hyatt shows in Dearborn. She had a Girl Scout slab on display in the case where they were promoting the ANA and/or CSNS. After a brief discussion about the history of the slab, she mentioned that she was having problems getting the stamps for them. Challenge, anyone? Several eBay clicks later, a full, uncut sheet of Girl Scout stamps was headed my way. Ran into her again at a later show and couldn't wait to give them to her. She immediately pulled out her checkbook and tried to pay me for them, which I refused (although I did try to swap them straight up for one of the GS slabs, which she refused). I guess that's my little contribution to sample slab history.
Ironically, I don't think I ever owned one of the GS versions.
The variety of plastic out there is amazing - thanks for the entertaining posts.
"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, Big Moose.
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who's the guy that does the ngc black 1.0 census? i have a ngc black 1.0 pdf/album in my google drive i'm about to delete but wanted to make sure someone here has a copy of it first. t.i.a.
@Wingsrule said:
Ironically, I don't think I ever owned one of the GS versions.
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were the stamps inside the slabs? probably a dumb question but ya never know.
From the pics they appear to be loose inside the slab.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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who's the guy that does the ngc black 1.0 census? i have a ngc black 1.0 pdf/album in my google drive i'm about to delete but wanted to make sure someone here has a copy of it first. t.i.a.
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nevermind, i'll just upload the file as an attachment here. it is a powerpoint and converted to pdf online. hope it converted properly.
I guess this unique piece qualifies to be in this thread! Will be watching tomorrow to see what it goes for!
"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, Big Moose.
I apologize up front because my photography skills leave something to be desired. However, TPG history and old/rare slabs is something I really enjoy so I thought I would share some of my collection.
I haven't been able to find out much about International Coin Registry, LTD. It appears to be a photo cert inside Capital plastic. Originally, I thought it might have been done after the fact, but I have found a few photos of others online so I believe they were made this way.
I know that there have been several NGC Gen 2.1's listed, but I thought I would share my examples.
Unfortunately, the 1884 has a crack in the slab. I know 2.1's are on fire right now, but does anyone know how much a crack like this will affect the value?
An ANACS Gen 3 has already been posted, but as @pointfivezero stated these are actually pretty rare. Here are my two examples.
I have another rare ANACS slab. It's an ANACS Gen 7.0. At first glance it might look like your typical ANACS "quick release" blue label, but it's not. It is the first example of the newly designed blue label holder (note the placement of the ANACS logo on the front of the slab, and absence of the web address on the back). It's not quite as rare as the ANACS Gen 3, but it's still a pretty rare holder.
Here's a DGS (Dominion Grading Service) sample slab. DGS was owned by David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) and used the PCI shell/slab. I doubt it adds any value, but this is also an error slab. The label says it's a Denver mint mark, but it's actually a Philly.
"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, Big Moose.
I'm off tomorrow so the weekend has started for me. This isn't "rare" per se, but it is not common either, atleast here in the United States. I have a few of these slabs, just because I think they are cool, but this is the only GENI (a French TPG) slab with a U.S. coin that I have seen, which adds to its "rarity".
Would love to have a gold coin in a NGC 1.0 slab - better yet, would love to have this one back again! I was so stupid selling it.....
"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, Big Moose.
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I wondered if that might be you I was bidding against. I realized I overpaid but I wanted to pair up the Long Beach with the Huxley I picked up recently.
Should be one happy seller.
Tim
While you are at it, grab a First Token - that's the ACG slab (although Conder says they were not officially licensed), and sometimes you will see an NGS slab on fleaBay. As long as you are building the set
The FT show up every couple of months, here's one sold in January: https://www.ebay.com/itm/353866178135
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Thanks for the recommendation. I actually picked up a First Token slab on the BST from a fellow forum member. It is FTGS on my collection list below:
Received the Long Beach holder yesterday and after an hour of Goo Gone scrubbing to remove the remnants of the old sticker, the new pair is ready for a formal introduction here. Not sure how rare these two "half's" are but I'm happy to add them to the collection:
Tim
Visit to my local shop yesterday - very pleased with the Hall Flips!
Havent bought in a while. Recent buy. Love gold on gold on doily!
Bst transactions with: dimeman, oih82w8, mercurydimeguy, dunerlaw, Lakesammman, 2ltdjorn, MattTheRiley, dpvilla, drddm, CommemKing, Relaxn, Yorkshireman, Cucamongacoin, jtlee321, greencopper, coin22lover, coinfolio, lindedad, spummybum, Leeroybrown, flackthat, BryceM, Surfinxhi, VanHalen, astrorat, robkool, Wingsrule, PennyGuy, al410, Ilikecolor, Southcounty, Namvet69, Commemdude, oreville, Leebone, Rob41281, clarkbar04, cactusjack55, Collectorcoins, sniocsu, coin finder
Smol show @ Wichita Falls - 8 dealers, 14 tables...
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
What's FML on the Hallmark??
Dealer's price code.
EMLER was priced at $65
MELL at $45
Typically it's a word without repeating letters and then they add nonsense. There are some older threads on this.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Just have to toss this in there... TGS/NGS/UGS is one of my obsessions. Out of a couple hundred I've had sight of, this is the only one with this style label:
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Picked a few at the NH coin show this weekend. Nothing special or rare but I'll buy these Hallmark holders for 20 bucks all day long.
Would this qualify for this thread? I love these old soap bar slabs!
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Yep - obsolete plastic definitely qualifies to be in this thread.
Thanks Lakes!
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
The nice thing about the first-gen PCI and the holder HALLMARK slabs is you know they were accurately, albeit technically, graded. It makes it that much sweeter when you find one.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
I'm a fan of the Compugrade slab - pretty hard to find anything other than Morgans in these holders. They were well made and I like being able to see the coin info on the top of the slab.
It's the weekend!
A few of these were made for PCGS management - so far I've only seen Hall and VanSimmons. Any others??
I don't recall seeing this combo before (NCI verifying a PCGS grade) - have I just not been paying attention??
Scanning through I didn't see one of these special Red ones.
Nothing but the best!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_KWVk0XeB9o - Ruby Starr (from 'Go Jim Dandy') Piece Of My Heart
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=D0FPxuQv2ns - Ruby Starr (from 'Go Jim Dandy') Maybe I'm Amazed
RLJ 1958 - 2023
but wait, it gets better... @davidschwager emailed me with another one...
And a version of -23 using the same cert# but an older font!
And today at the TNA, Kevin Kell has a new one - never before seen:
And when I asked where he had gotten it from, he pointed to a guy all the way across the room in a distinctive shirt. Who turns out to be a friend of mine. Who had them made for the Houston Money Show Scout Merit Badge class. Happened to have some quarters, and some 1950 3c stamps lying around!
My source says 40 were made, the NGC database shows (estimates, I didn't probe all the cert#s)
-001 to -042 with 2005-D Oregon 50SQ
-043 to -082 with 2010-D Yellowstone ATB quarters
-083 to -122 with the 2012-D El Yunque (PR) ATB quarters
-123 to -162 with 2010-D Yellowstone ATB again
-163 to -169 with 2005-D Kansas 50SQ
-170 with 2005-D West Virginia 50SQ
-171 to -178 with 2000-P Massachusetts 50SQ
-179 to -202 with 1999-D New Jersey 50SQ
All Scout samples are incredibly rare to see on eBay. Scouts seem to hang on to them.
Oh, and one more...
(that's PCGS-Medal-9-1 in the database)
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
Wasn't familiar with the scout and merit badge samples - thanks for posting!
Very very interesting !!
Here's one you don't see very often.
No ASE set is complete without it.
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https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/set/172592
Another ultra-rare item... 1 known and the coin is TopPop!
It's top pop because why would you slab a non-shipwreck G4 2 reales...
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
And this one, reused certificate numbers from totally different generations...
FWIW, the database says -020 is a 1959D... https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/191578-020/Other/
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
It took a while to find my photos but here are the ones I used to have.
Back in the day, I remember meeting Patti Finner at one of the Hyatt shows in Dearborn. She had a Girl Scout slab on display in the case where they were promoting the ANA and/or CSNS. After a brief discussion about the history of the slab, she mentioned that she was having problems getting the stamps for them. Challenge, anyone? Several eBay clicks later, a full, uncut sheet of Girl Scout stamps was headed my way. Ran into her again at a later show and couldn't wait to give them to her. She immediately pulled out her checkbook and tried to pay me for them, which I refused (although I did try to swap them straight up for one of the GS slabs, which she refused). I guess that's my little contribution to sample slab history.
Ironically, I don't think I ever owned one of the GS versions.
ML
Fun to read back through all the posts. I like the small ACG holders - the tunnel-effect from stacking them is cool ....
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
The variety of plastic out there is amazing - thanks for the entertaining posts.
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who's the guy that does the ngc black 1.0 census? i have a ngc black 1.0 pdf/album in my google drive i'm about to delete but wanted to make sure someone here has a copy of it first. t.i.a.
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were the stamps inside the slabs? probably a dumb question but ya never know.
From the pics they appear to be loose inside the slab.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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nevermind, i'll just upload the file as an attachment here. it is a powerpoint and converted to pdf online. hope it converted properly.
I guess this unique piece qualifies to be in this thread! Will be watching tomorrow to see what it goes for!
Not really loose - it's a friction fit, but there's not a lot of wiggle room... they don't move with a casual thump or two.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
I apologize up front because my photography skills leave something to be desired. However, TPG history and old/rare slabs is something I really enjoy so I thought I would share some of my collection.
I haven't been able to find out much about International Coin Registry, LTD. It appears to be a photo cert inside Capital plastic. Originally, I thought it might have been done after the fact, but I have found a few photos of others online so I believe they were made this way.
Philippians 4:4-7
I have seen several Accugrade slabs posted in this thread, but I don't think there has been an Accugrade Florida photo slab posted yet.
Philippians 4:4-7
I know that there have been several NGC Gen 2.1's listed, but I thought I would share my examples.
Unfortunately, the 1884 has a crack in the slab. I know 2.1's are on fire right now, but does anyone know how much a crack like this will affect the value?
Philippians 4:4-7
An ANACS Gen 3 has already been posted, but as @pointfivezero stated these are actually pretty rare. Here are my two examples.
I have another rare ANACS slab. It's an ANACS Gen 7.0. At first glance it might look like your typical ANACS "quick release" blue label, but it's not. It is the first example of the newly designed blue label holder (note the placement of the ANACS logo on the front of the slab, and absence of the web address on the back). It's not quite as rare as the ANACS Gen 3, but it's still a pretty rare holder.
Philippians 4:4-7
I like history and I like unusual, but I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around $9,500+. Wow!
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
Has the weekend started yet? It has for me...
Here's a CCGS (Certi-Grade Coin Grading Service) slab. It is very similar to the PCGS rattler.
Philippians 4:4-7
Here's a DGS (Dominion Grading Service) sample slab. DGS was owned by David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) and used the PCI shell/slab. I doubt it adds any value, but this is also an error slab. The label says it's a Denver mint mark, but it's actually a Philly.
Philippians 4:4-7
This is a new/different plastic I just picked up for my waffle collection
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for first loving us.
One of the harder to find Hall flips!
Finally uploading photos of my group of black NGC slabs.
NGC 1.0 showing 1924 Saint MS-62 with green CAC sticker (black NGC slab) already in the census report. I am missing one of the obverse photos.
NGC 1.0 showing 1924 Saint MS-62 with GOLD CAC sticker (black NGC slab) already in the census report. I am missing one of the obverse photos.
This is the joy of my collection!
Note that this slab is one of TRIPLET Saints of the one of the earliest and same NGC submission!!
I'm off tomorrow so the weekend has started for me. This isn't "rare" per se, but it is not common either, atleast here in the United States. I have a few of these slabs, just because I think they are cool, but this is the only GENI (a French TPG) slab with a U.S. coin that I have seen, which adds to its "rarity".
Happy Fourth of July!
Philippians 4:4-7
Have never seen a GENI slab!
Would love to have a gold coin in a NGC 1.0 slab - better yet, would love to have this one back again! I was so stupid selling it.....