Who coined the term "Slab" ?

ChuckC

Does anyone know where the term "slab" came from with respect to grading coins? btw, no pun intended with the subject line

K6AZ

I don't know. I can tell you the first time I can recall hearing the term was in 1987. So it's been around for at least 18 years.

LucyBop

Of more importance, who coined the term 'HepCat'?

pharmer

That's easy if you're old enough, Sammy Davis Jr.

MORGANHUNTER2

Of more importance, who coined the term 'HepCat'?


Didn't Sammy Davis Jr. use that phrase in one of the old movies or his show in Vegas?

LucyBop

<< <i>That's easy if you're old enough, Sammy Davis Jr. >>



doubtful....


the term was used in the big band era...

drsvenghali

I vote for Cab Calloway. He's one Hep Cat wit' da Jive, Jive, Jive!!!

Conder101

The first written reference I can recall seeing was in the EAC journal Penny-Wise in Denis Loring's ANA diary. But I don't know if it was in 1986 or 1987. Denis didn't coin the term though, he was reporting that encapsulated coins, refered to as slabs, were becoming more commonly seen. In the same article it was reported that John Wright had provided a explaination of why they were called slabs. It was because they were something you buried an investor in.