what is a sample slab?

shanks82 · January 30, 2004 1:05AM

What is a sample slab?

Russ · January 30, 2004 1:11AM

It is an evil thing that leads to obsessive compulsive behavior. Avoid them at all costs. You ever seen Invasion Of The Body Snatchers? It's far worse.

Russ, NCNE

shanks82 · January 30, 2004 1:14AM

would it just be a common coin slabbed to show grade? if so i have a few of these. Russ, you are always full of wisdom!

kieferscoins · January 30, 2004 1:16AM

Russ is full of other stuff on this.

Go to www.sampleslabs.com and read the intro. It explains it there. They may have a grade, but usualy have the word "sample" on the holder.

Cameron Kiefer

shanks82 · January 30, 2004 1:17AM

going to the site now, it is loading very slow on my broadband?

LucyBop · January 30, 2004 1:18AM

those negative Kennedy Heads!

kieferscoins · January 30, 2004 1:19AM

It might be down for maitenence for server problems. Try this afternoon. It's worth the wait.

Cameron Kiefer

Dog97 · January 30, 2004 1:20AM

Sample Slabs are very rare & valuable & desirable historical items documenting the progression of the grading services and they contain very rare & valuable & desirable coins.
At least mine do. Here's some:

Russ · January 30, 2004 1:24AM

<< <i>Sample Slabs are very rare & valuable & desirable historical items >>

Oh no! They've gotten to Dog! There was no hope for a wienie like Cammie, but to take over a strong-willed normal person?! Are we all doomed?

Russ, NCNE

Dog97 · January 30, 2004 1:33AM

<<<Oh no! They've gotten to Dog! There was no hope for a wienie like Cammie, but to take over a strong-willed normal person?! Are we all doomed?>>>
Hahhahaha shows what you know-check Conder101's books & CD's; he doesn't give any credit to the newcomer Keifercoins but he does to Dog97. Lots of the pictures in his old spiral bound edition were examples from my collection.

Dog97 · January 30, 2004 1:33AM

dp

kieferscoins · January 30, 2004 1:38AM

<< <i>he doesn't give any credit to the newcomer Keifercoins but he does to Dog97 >>

Next edition will. I've more than tripled the known sample slab section.

Cameron Kiefer

Tsimmerdown · January 30, 2004 1:43AM

I consider my sample slab collection a significant investment. Rare sample slabs can be extremely scarce and fetch some high prices.. like 25 dollars. So I'm looking to protect my investment.. are there any services out there who will slab my sample slab? I think we need third party sample slab grading and authentication services. With all those fake sample slabs coming out of China, I need to know my sample slab is authentic.. it's very dangerous to buy a raw sample slab.

So.. is PCGS going to step up to the plate and slab my sample slab?

mgoodm3 · January 30, 2004 1:45AM

The sample slab motto:"Buy the slab, not the coin"

Dog97 · January 30, 2004 2:10AM

Yeah yeah yall been looking @ the Open Forum and seeing all those pictures of Keifercoins and thinking eeek...geek and doing the cam slam & bashing his slabs but I aint no clean cut cop I look like a recruiting poster for the Hells Angles and if you ever saw me with my AK-47s and Sample Slabs that would add a big coolness to them. They are so cool that I even put them in Registry Sets Text Man I had to do a lot of sweet talking Dena to pull that off!
Here's some more very rare & valuable & desirable historical items; I mean like these are $15 coins according to the PCGS Price Guide,

How many of you have ever seen a slabbed Casino Token?

JrGMan2004 · January 30, 2004 2:49AM

hahaha. lol! Love the Chip in the Sample Slab, that's great!!!

kieferscoins · January 30, 2004 2:51AM

The casino chip slabs sell for $20-30! The steel cent is worth $30-40! It's not the coin, but the plastic and the label that holds the rarity.

Cameron Kiefer

Dog97 · January 30, 2004 3:02AM

See I told yall mine were rare & valuable. LOL
Here's one that's special to me. Being that I'm from Alabama and this is an Alabama 25¢ that's cool but I got it from my buddy gmarguli, bless his heart & may he rest in peace.

Tsimmerdown · January 30, 2004 3:48AM

Let's see some more sample slabs!! I'm drooling here!!

JMOORE · January 30, 2004 6:46AM

Part of my collection..............

I have also purchased several new sample slabs over the last month that I have not imaged yet..............

Dog97 · January 30, 2004 8:02AM

I was checking out jmoore's site the other day, the one he used to have in his sig line, and he has some neat & interesting samples too. Text
These slabs that other collectors thought were off the wall weird and never gave a second thought to have really increased in popularity in the last 2 years.
I remember when I first started collecting them the only competition I had was Conder101 & he wasn't afraid to step up for a good one.
Now there's about 5-10 colllectors trying to grab them and a market is being made for them. Common ones are common & cheap but the rare models have a little prem just like any other collectable. I think it has something to do with Keifercoins controlling and manipulating the market

He's caused the price I have to pay to go up but he shaken some good ones loose that we have never been seen and put them on the market.
Since I'm dog97 it only stands to reason I have Sample Slabs associated with 1997 so what better example than the ANA Convention in 1997:

what is a sample slab?

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