Flipped over an NGC sample and............

Dog97

it's got an itty-bitty rainbow. Hmmm....don't know which collection it belongs in.

Placid

Sell it on eBay for $500
It's nice but I wouldn't flip over it.

BigD5

Looks decent for an ms/60, no? You seem to have a knack for finding those "sample" slabs. I never see them.

nucklehead

I own two sample slabs from PCGS, one is a 1956-D dime and the other is a 1964-D both MS 64.

supercoin

Start a third, rainbow sample collection. It's the only solution.

Dog97

I could use a 1956-D dime.............

byergo

What is a sample?

GaCoinGuy

I have 5 of the PCGS sample slabs that aren't stackable and 2 of the green label samples that are stackable.........all MS64

the 5 are 1960, 1961D, 2-1964, and 1964D Roosies
the 2 are 1962 and 1962D Roosies


I picked em up from a forum member back right after I first joined the board.

speer34

Can someone tell me why this coin is only MS60 according to NGC? I noticed that the strike appears to be somewhat weak around the ear and hair just above the forehead and there appears to be a scratch on the reverse, but other than that the coin looks nice. Also, coins from New Orleans were known to have weak strikes if I remember correctly what I have read here on the boards. If this is accurate, shouldn't this coin be graded at least 3 points higher? Just trying to understand the grading services!!!!

Thanks

Conder101

Dog,

Does that sample have a full width hologram or the hot pressed logo?


Speer,

One thing to remember about sample slabs, the coins in them are not always the grade shown on the holder. Sample slabs were meant to show off the holder not the grading.

nucklehead

That's interesting Condor, learn something new everyday.

Russ

<< <i>Can someone tell me why this coin is only MS60 according to NGC? >>



I was just wondering the same thing. I don't know diddly about Morgan's, but I have seen quite a few in MS63 or 64 holders that didn't look any better then that coin.

Now, it's possible that NGC uses "MS60" on sample slabs the same way PCGS uses just plain "MS" on theirs. I have several PCGS sample 1964 Kennedys and all say MS. They probably are 63's or so. In other words, "MS60" may just mean "this is a sample of an MS coin", since just plain "MS" would, by default, mean the coin is at least "60".

Russ, NCNE

Gilbert

Dog97

Did you have to provide the coin for the sample slab? I've not had the fortune of seeing a Morgan dollar in a sample slab before, and I have not been able to get NGC to even SELL me a sample slab, or respond to my request for a sample.

Conder101

Gilbert,

Sometimes the services will provide a sample slab on request if they happen to have a supply left over from a show but they don;t just make them up to supply requests. The sample slabs are usually handed out at shows that the service attends.

A silver dollar in a sample slab is unusual. Normally sample slabs only have low value items in them such as unc wheat cents, silver dimes or state quarters, basicly items with about a thirty cent value. Sample slabs with a high value item such as the silver dollars or proof washington halves were not distributed to the general public. Instead they were directed towards dealers to familiarize them with the new slab style that was coming out. In this case if I am right it was to introduce the new holders with the hologram to the dealers.