Who originated the term "slab" for certified coins?
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The term "slab" was used very early in the certified coin era but I don't know who coined the term or when. Does anyone know?
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I'm going to make a guess here from what I remember but I think it was 'Coin World' magazine...could be wrong but I remember that issue. There was a "slab" on the front cover.
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I smell a potential lawsuit from the ACG people.
Wasn't there already a lawsuit disputing who "invented" the slab?
I did, I'm claiming the credit.
The above is a lie.
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
The 'American College of Gastroenterology' did it?
I always thought it was an undertaker, since collectors have been getting buried by their slabbed coins.
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I think Sonorandesertrat is correct...slab sounded better than 'entombed'.
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Al Gore...right after he invented the internet.
The term is already used in the 1988 Coin Collector's Survival Manual by Scott Travers, once in quotes, but there's no attribution to who started using the term.
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Many years ago a dealer at the ANA Pittsburgh show was pronouncing it as "slobs". I guess he thought that was sophisticated and erudite.
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That term has been used for what seems like forever.... While I cannot date it exactly, I know I heard it used in the late '80's.... Cheers, RickO
Maybe the term was borrowed from the Funeral Directing and Embalming business....or concrete business. A coin in a plastic package is certainly "entombed."
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Another term is "slab city" meaning a case at a coin show full of slabs.
It came from a butcher with a sharp knife.
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Might be fun/interesting to pose an informal poll to change this moniker for "mummified" discs.