I know they are common (I can find plenty on eBay) but I'm curious about the whole Sample collecting thing. Are there Samples that are more rare then others? Are cents more common than halves, and so on? Are there any price/rarity guides?
Samples are just as the name states. Grading companies give them out for free at shows to show off new slab designs. PCGS is currently passing out shield cents with the new hologram holders. Some other slabs kind of fall into the same collector category. Things like kids treasure hunt slabs and PCGS luncheon slabs. There is no price guide that I know of, other than completed auctions. Others on this forum know much more about this area of collecting than I do, but you can find a lot of info at sampleslabs.com
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<< <i>bigjpst is right.....They were part of a Scott Travers book/kit and they seem to be pretty plentiful >>
So not Samples? Something special PCGS did for these kits?? Any more info you can point me at?
http://www.amazon.com/Coin-Collector-Starter-Scott-Travers/dp/067660045X
One per book, I assume? So it is like a sample slab but only found with these books? I guess PCGS was happy for the income and publicity..
<< <i>bigjpst is right.....They were part of a Scott Travers book/kit and they seem to be pretty plentiful >>
Though the book itself doesn't seem to be ?
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<< <i>Correct. Early version
So not unique to that book mentioned?
We seem to have conflicting opinions here.
It says it came with a Certified Lincoln Cent, so that matches (certified, not graded).
So were these samples or specially created for the kit?
http://www.sampleslabs.com/pcgs.html
It was a special PCGS for that kit and there were about 100,000 made.
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The dates represented are 1917 through 1929, inclusive. If anyone has seen dates outside this range, please let me know.
As others have stated, it was a give-away with the Travers book, not a sample distributed at a show.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces