What is going on with the Lightside????

Aethelred · April 2, 2004 1:42PM

WHAT THE.....?

sumnom · April 2, 2004 6:04PM

I just don't get it. Still, you have to give credit to Cam for making a a buck or two, or $250, off this. I guess this appeals to people who are fascinated with the whole slabbing process and the subculture that has arisen around the slab. It gives me the heebee jeebies though.

Lloyd · April 2, 2004 6:31PM

Just goes to show what we already suspected: the slab is worth more than the coin.... Ougtha go back to baseball cards,

Absolute bol*Oc8ks

L

cosmicdebris · April 2, 2004 7:49PM

NJMark1 · April 2, 2004 10:59PM

insane!

Mark

Donovan · April 3, 2004 1:23AM

The new lightside mantra. "Buy the paper not the plastic"

Lloyd · April 3, 2004 2:02AM

Regardless of what I said above, you've got to hand it to him .... The term 'sample slab' is flying around everywhere and everyone gives them a second glance. He ought to promote Lloyd Roberts INC. We need a bit of self-preservation.

L

XpipedreamR · April 3, 2004 2:16AM

I think this is insane. You could get a really nice coin for $250.

But what the heck, more power to the Camminator!

Lloyd · April 3, 2004 2:20AM

He's like Milo in 'Catch 22'. Swap all our parachutes for sample slabs.

wybrit · April 3, 2004 4:24AM

A piece of plastic or a UNC Eddie VII shilling. Hmmm, tough decision.

NOT

wjd283 · April 3, 2004 6:00AM

I had never heard of a sample slab until I saw some of Camerons posts.I may have to purchase one now.

MrEureka · April 3, 2004 7:44AM

What is going on with the Lightside????

I live with one foot in the Lightside and another in the Darkside. Trust me, folks, Cameron is from a very different place. I call it The Farside.

python · April 3, 2004 8:17AM

That's pretty funny.

MSD61 · April 4, 2004 10:11AM

<< <i>What is going on with the Lightside????

I live with one foot in the Lightside and another in the Darkside.

As do I

shirohniichan · April 4, 2004 10:40AM

If a sample slab with a photo inside is worth $250, how much is a photo of the sample slab worth?

MrEureka · April 4, 2004 11:56AM

If a sample slab with a photo inside is worth $250, how much is a photo of the sample slab worth?

Reminds me of the August 1986 CDN Monthly Summary article in which Bruce Amspacher provided a fictional review of a distant future (1996!) coin show. The one thing I remember is that he reported that John Albanese paid $1000 for a picture of a Lafayette dollar. So $250 for a picture of the Norweb 1859 dollar doesn't seem all that high by comparison, especially since the market is much stronger now than it was in 1996.

dougdann · April 4, 2004 12:07PM

Umm.
Time for the question from an ancient collector.
What the heck is a sample slab?

Is just a picture of a coin in the slab?

Doug

Aethelred · April 4, 2004 12:20PM

<< <i>Umm.
Time for the question from an ancient collector.
What the heck is a sample slab?

Is just a picture of a coin in the slab?

Doug >>

Most sample slabs have a real coin, if a very cheap one, in the holder, but with this one all you get is a flippin photo! The grading services give them out at shows and to dealers.

dougdann · April 4, 2004 12:30PM

Then wouldn't that make his auction deceptive.
I would think to be honest and true to the buyer he should state the fact it is only a picture.

Is this something new with the lightside?

This is the first time I have seen anything like this.

Doug

Aethelred · April 4, 2004 12:37PM

<< <i>Then wouldn't that make his auction deceptive.
I would think to be honest and true to the buyer he should state the fact it is only a picture.

Is this something new with the lightside?

This is the first time I have seen anything like this.

Doug >>

It is the first sample slab I have seen with just a photo in it, so yeah I guess it could be called new. I just don't get it!

Philip · April 4, 2004 2:56PM

Philip · April 4, 2004 3:00PM

1jester · April 5, 2004 9:36PM

A piece of plastic or a UNC Eddie VII shilling. Hmmm, tough decision.

NOT

Conder101 · April 5, 2004 11:15PM

The auction is NOT deceptive, the buyer actually got the sample slab and the auction does state that the slab only contains a picture of the coin. From the auction listing:

A paper copy of the Seated Dollar is in the place where the normal coin would go and the words "Photo of sample coin" is on the obverse so no one would mistake it for the real coin.

This was an old sample slab and was a double promotion type item. It both promoted HALLMARK, the grading company that created the slab, but by including images of the recently sold Norweb collection coins AND mentioning the auction house B & M it promoted them as well. (Why promote B & M? Well possibly because HALLMARK was owned by Dave Bowers.)

MrEureka · April 6, 2004 1:21PM

This was an old sample slab and was a double promotion type item. It both promoted HALLMARK, the grading company that created the slab, but by including images of the recently sold Norweb collection coins AND mentioning the auction house B & M it promoted them as well. (Why promote B & M? Well possibly because HALLMARK was owned by Dave Bowers.)

Dave Bowers was only one of the owners. While we're on the subject of this coin, I'm curious if anyone else remembers who bought the 1859 dollar out of the Norweb sale. (Hint: A board member works for the firm that bought the coin.) First correct answer is worth a beer at Central States. (Contest intentionally designed to effectively exclude Cammie the teetotaler.)

What is going on with the Lightside????

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