Curious about the value of a sample slab

BillJones

A young member of my local club brought in a sample slab last night, and I was wondering if it was of value. It is an NGC slab, which contains a 1957 Roosevelt dime that is graded MS-64. The label says "Sample Slab," and vintage is the one with the long, thinner label across the top of the back instead of the more modern wide label. The coin is partially toned and appears to be in the MS-64 grade.

If any of the sample slab collectors could give me any information about this piece, I would greatly appreciate it.

BStrauss3

It really belongs ATS, let me cut and paste (and cleanup) my replies from there...

I would need a photo or a better description - there are a couple dozen NGC in David Schwager's book.

What is the invoice # and Does it actually say "SAMPLE SLAB" or just "SAMPLE"? Is it a no-line fatty or the more recent, more common slab with the line?

You replied that it's not a no-line fatty and does say "SAMPLE SLAB", so that shot down my guesses of NGC-010-3-3 ($18) or NGC-010-3-4 ($40). Those are the two know with 1957 dimes but are both no-line fatty and actual grades. The difference between the two are the invoice number (199999-nnn vs. 199998-nnn) and whether there is (-3-3) or is not (-3-4) a space between MS and 64.

The common lined slabs start with NGC-010-4-x, picking, but there are none listed as known with 1957 dimes and an actual grade. Also none listed with actual MS 64 grades.

Unknown types are not especially valuable, since it's only recently that a few OCD types have really been looking for the differences.

So it probably is new. You could probably get one of us crazy sample slab collectors to pay $20 or $25 for it.

I'm continuing to collect new samples for David, however, the cutoff for the 2nd edition of the book has passed, so I'm working on the 3rd edition (2017), while poor David is trying to get the 2nd edition (2016) finished and off to the press for release in September.

The 1st (2015) edition is sold out of the printed book, the .pdf is available from David for $15 - either eBay or SampleSlabBook.com

While the 1st edition had around 500 items (a major jump from Kiefer's 250 or so at SampleSlabs.com), 2nd will be around 700 - and more are being created and discovered all the time. I already have 14 post 2nd edition items, although 12 of those are the PCGS Long Beach Treasure Hunt slabs.

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