The Official PCGS Blank Label Slab Census
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PCGS Blank Label Slab
List of known Blank label slabs, new info and pictures will be added when they become available.
New info always welcome...
First four sold on ebay by: unisource_numismatics
Morton Grove Coin and Collectibles (Dave, Brad and crew, Good Guys)
1959 1Cent / Sold for $143.50 04/03-2018
1960-D 1Cent / Sold for $164.50 04/03-2018
1963 1Cent / Sold for $143.50 04/03-2018
1966 1Cent / Sold for $147.50
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1967 1Cent / ebay BIN $128.76 04/06-2018
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1959-D 1Cent / ebay BIN $128.76 06/02-2018
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1974 1Cent / ebay BIN $128.76 06/10-2018
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
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Can’t say for certain of course, but I recall a box of these being walked around at Long Beach a few years ago.
CN eBay
All of my collection is in a safe deposit box!
If only we could track these by cert number
Why are these modern cents selling for so much, is it really the thrill of a blank label that is causing such premium?
It's an unusual item and at this point appears to be scarce. So yes the thrill is there for slab (and/or sample slab) collectors.
Is this real or is there some science manipulation behind these slabs ??
I mean those slabs should be green.
Possible overexposure to UV light that faded the text ??
Chris
Doubt that very much, I purchased the 1960-D, nothing unusual in regards to color of the label.
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
I see an opening for a doctor with a tuned laser.
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
Interesting !!!
So... CAC-worthy or no?
Insert witicism here. [ xxx ]
I never cease being amazed at what comes up on these forums.... Of course, collectors collect... and there is no limit to what may be collected, (beanie babies, belly button lint, ear wax - I know one person who saved all their finger nail clippings)....So I am not really surprised that blank label slabs are attracting some interest... the prices do raise an eyebrow though...fortunately for me, the items are not interesting...For those that are interested - go for it and have fun. Cheers, RickO
So far we can track by year/mm...
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
And (posted this in the other thread) nothing on the label in UV ink.
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
These are fun coins. I was in all three up to the 1967. I'm not surprised they got that high tho. These are neat pieces to accompany random off-sets like sample slabs etc. This as an "error", having had some printer jam a box of labels or just skip lines etc. I bet a sample exists with an off-center printing.
They must be from show circuits or PCGS events, maybe a YN wheatback deal. I'm sure more are floating around out there and it's cool to see even the different types of blank paper. Even non collectors would've walked out with one. I hope more show up just not that kind of money lol. A bunch are probably in junk boxes.
unisource_numismatics
Morton Grove Coin and Collectibles (Dave, Brad and crew, Good Guys)
^ They sell some awesome coins. I watch some of their auctions just for fun. I'll be giving them a call soon.
See: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11959006/#Comment_11959006
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
Cross posting: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11959006/#Comment_11959006
1959 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1959-D 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1960 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1960-D 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1961 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1962 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1963 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1964-D 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1967 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1968-D 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
1974 1 cent - eBay June through December 2014 (Kryptonite Comics) - photo not available
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
List of known dates very cool, thanks!
Would love to know if the recently sold are the same as sold in 2014?
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
Yeah Dave at unisource is a straight shooter.
Hard to tell... first off don't have pics from 2014. Second the coins themselves aren't very distinctive. The one I track, NGC-005-4-1 is easier because the dirt patterns on G4 Liberty Nickels are pretty distinctive.
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
New Date, 1959-D
Ebay, now part of my collection...
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
The 2014 sales are available on www.listingshistory.com (I found one of the auctions numbers and was able to search the rest)
Note that the history pages just show the 1st photograph
Also, followers of this board will recognize the 2014 seller, kryptonitecomics.
Price range $250 to $38
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=331225330717
1974 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $255.00 Number of bids 25
Jun 15, 2014 05:42:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=351094930317
1966 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $157.50 Number of bids 16
Jun 22, 2014 06:00:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=351109138977
1960-D Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $129.38 Number of bids 27
Jul 13, 2014 03:36:01 PM PDT
www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=351114339508
1959 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $162.50 Number of bids 27
Jul 20, 2014 03:09:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=331269074356
1964-D Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $143.49 Number of bids 20
Aug 3, 2014 03:30:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=331289327755
1963 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $66.71 Number of bids 17
Aug 24, 2014 03:21:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=331311059495
1960 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $123.50 Number of bids 14
Sep 13, 2014 03:18:01 PM PDT
www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=331301334567
1961 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $117.50 Number of bids 20
Sep 7, 2014 03:15:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=331324278593
1960 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $76.00 Number of bids 29
Sep 28, 2014 03:00:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=381013182710
1968-D Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $80.99 Number of bids 50
Oct 12, 2014 05:57:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=331347076662
1960-D Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $80.99 Number of bids 26
Oct 26, 2014 05:39:01 PM PDT
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=381030937063
1962 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $38.00 Number of bids 38
Nov 2, 2014 03:03:01 PM PST
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=351224258475
1959-D Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $76.00 Number of bids 24
Nov 22, 2014 04:39:01 PM PST
http://www.listingshistory.com/index.php?keywords_input=331394875914
1967 Lincoln Cent PCGS Rare Sample/Grading slab Lightly Toned Toning OGH $45.55 Number of bids 25
Dec 6, 2014 03:21:01 PM PST
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
The 2014 and 2018 items are visually identical
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
Buy the coin, not the holder.
Not really. In this case the whole point is to buy an odd holder that doesn't really have an explanation and shouldn't exist.
Those of us who collect these kinds of things realize that we are in the minority. In fact we've been accused of being pretty weird. But it's okay it's our kind of weird and they know us there.
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
Look like samples they forgot to label.
I bet it was almost quitting time for the day and the person didn't have time to type in the grade and just hit print.
I've posted the story David Schwager put in the Sample Slab book, which is that both Customer Service and David Hall haven't any idea.
This looks like PCGS 5 according to Conder's book, so that dates it between 1995 and Oct 1998 (the first of the blue labels started in Nov 1998). Plus or minus a bit, samples were sometimes done ahead to introduce them or later to use up stock.
What makes these odd (beyond all the other odd) is the coins used. Few sample slabs have been made from random date coins, let alone handfuls of BU coins. A blank label is also pretty obvious to even minimal QC.
My personal belief is a ghost shift box that then sat around because the maker was worried it would be tied back to him/her and hit the market years later when s/he thought it would be safe.
But unless somebody comes forward and says "I worked at PCGS during and I did it", we'll never know.
ANA 49 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus" because ANA can't count)
+1
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
New Date, 1974
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
New date to add to the census, 1981.
Looks pretty awful.
ebay.com/itm/232961608640
Added, Thanks for info...
1981 1Cent / ebay Auction,Sold for $66.00 10/21-2018
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
Maybe someone was being trained on how to place coins, assemble the slabs, and practice using the ultrasonic welder (to join both sides).
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Here's another one, which may be the very first PCGS slab. Any others with this slab generation?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1093387/the-start-of-pcgs/
Is that part of a PCGS "diy" kit?
Dollar Twenty Five store specials -maybe.
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
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Couple of items since this older post surfaced...
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