Slabs outside the US

Zohar

Seem to be catching on - PCGS Coins Smash Pre-Sale Estimates at Millon & Associés Auction in Paris

coinkat

not completely surprising-

IloiloKano

It's definitely an excellent endorsement of PCGS grading.

icsoccer

Thanks for the link!

questor54

Glad to see some of our European friends joining in on this. It really does make sense.

Sapyx

I have been seeing more and more slabbed coins here in Australia.

Of course, many of the dealers with slabs for sale will display slabs from reputable companies like PCGS side-by-side with basement slabs like SGS and NNC. They either don't know the difference or are assuming and hoping that most Australian collectors don't know the difference.

I've only ever seen one slabbed coin brought along to either of the monthly coin club meetings I attend, and they rarely get a mention in the national coin magazine. So on that basis, I would surmise that most collectors here are still ignorant of the concept.

Nunfa0

The slab phenomenon has not taken off in NZ yet but I am seeing more and more come up for sale on Trademe (our local version of Ebay).

mnemtsas2

I'm a bit of a slab enthusiast and almost all my high grade coins are in slabs these days. Because of this I tend to think it's taken off a lot more down here in Australia more than it really has. I recently attended two major coin shows and there really was only one dealer at each show who had a decent selection of slabbed coins. It really is more of an online phenomenon down here, with most of those pushing TPG coins online being 'new' dealers, while 'established' dealers still stick with raw coins. Hasn't dampened my enthusiasm for it though, it's actually rather addictive!