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PCGS Launches New Video Series - Slab Lab with Seth Chandler

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edited August 3, 2021 9:48AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Episode One, Part One of our brand new series, Slab Lab is live! In this debut episode, Jim Halperin, co-chairman and co-founder of Heritage Auctions, shares how he got his start in the hobby and business as a young numismatist and much more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiXX14TWnNY&list=PLG7e8_oGOkcCKq9IdQFE2IJh96_Idpk3V&index=1

In this series we'll bring you the untold stories of esteemed dealers, collectors, and industry insiders. See first-hand what coins got them started in collecting, how they climbed the ranks to holding the top-rated sets/collections in the set registry, and for many, a hobby turned career in numismatics. Our host Seth Chandler is the owner and Chief Numismatist of Witter Coins in San Francisco.

Learn more about the series here: https://www.pcgs.com/slablab

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/pcgsvideo

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  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,119 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks interesting, thanks for the links.

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    👍

  • pcgscacgoldpcgscacgold Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for posting this. I would not have seen it. I have bought from Heritage and Witter so very interesting.

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  • KentuckyJKentuckyJ Posts: 1,871 ✭✭✭

    Very nice. Looking forward to seeing part 2. Thanks to Jim, Seth and PCGS for sharing your time and experience!

  • GazesGazes Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for posting!

  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,044 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it ! :)

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • KurisuKurisu Posts: 2,071 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wonderful enjoyed!

    Coins are Neato!

    "If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the links and the video.... Very interesting. Cheers, RickO

  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 4, 2021 1:11PM

    Jimmy Halperin has one of the three most outstanding US coin minds of all time. Having know him since he rode to work on a bicycle He was 20 years ahead of his time when he was 17. ;)

    Great interview by Seth too :)

    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great to see a kid [Jim Halperin] that had a coin store in Wayland, MA made it big with coins.
    Great video, thanks PCGS.
    boston

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  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,377 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very interesting to hear his story. Thanks for posting.

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,044 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ColonelJessup said:
    Jimmy Halperin has one of the three most outstanding US coin minds of all time. Having know him since he rode to work on a bicycle He was 20 years ahead of his time when he was 17. ;)

    Great interview by Seth too :)

    Who in are the other two great outstanding coin minds ?

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 4, 2021 4:19PM

    @bidask said:

    @ColonelJessup said:
    Jimmy Halperin has one of the three most outstanding US coin minds of all time. Having know him since he rode to work on a bicycle He was 20 years ahead of his time when he was 17. ;)

    Great interview by Seth too :)

    Who in are the other two great outstanding coin minds ?

    I'm going to go Dave Akers for one, and neither David Hall nor John Albanese nor QDB for the third.
    For having the "knack", Kevin Lipton even ahead of Dave. Maybe I'm impressed by Kevin's outrageousness panache. I've watched him showing off on the highwire since he was 14 and his dad Artie had to sign Kevin's checks.

    All these guys practiced Zen archery. We were jammin'

    I was in IBM mainframes at the very outset (1966 with an 8K IBM 360/20 and system control programs from their outset). What NERCG was doing was very primitive compared to the Fortune 500 companies I consulted for in 1975. In the coin business, what he did was not merely leading edge nor paradigm shift. He was in the right place at the right time with an uniquely chrystallized intelligence. It was a quantum leap, and not the only one he engineered. I'm looking forward to Part 2.

    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
  • willywilly Posts: 370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love stories of the past and how the giants became giants of the industry. Tales of bidding at auctions, and dealing on the bourse floor never get old. I long to hear more stories about the time before Third Party Grading and the very beginning of grading when rolls and bags of coins were common. In my dreams I see bags of $20 gold pieces and rolls of Barber coinage. It had to be the wild west in the Seventies. Hearing from "Old Timers" like ColonelJessup and other dealers that have been around forever is the best part of the hobby.

  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 4, 2021 4:32PM

    @willy said:
    I love stories of the past and how the giants became giants of the industry. Tales of bidding at auctions, and dealing on the bourse floor never get old. I long to hear more stories about the time before Third Party Grading and the very beginning of grading when rolls and bags of coins were common. In my dreams I see bags of $20 gold pieces and rolls of Barber coinage. It had to be the wild west in the Seventies. Hearing from "Old Timers" like ColonelJessup and other dealers that have been around forever is the best part of the hobby.

    I have a reputation from incivility upon occasion. I am already in trouble with the moderators. Please correct the noted text to "Veterans" and I will become your friend. Otherwise, it may not end prettily....... >:)

    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
  • MgarmyMgarmy Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Watching giants like the COL and Wonder and JM throw down reminds me of watching General officers go at it. Did not happen often but when it did it was be very quite and hide in the back time and watch

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ColonelJessup said:

    @willy said:
    I love stories of the past and how the giants became giants of the industry. Tales of bidding at auctions, and dealing on the bourse floor never get old. I long to hear more stories about the time before Third Party Grading and the very beginning of grading when rolls and bags of coins were common. In my dreams I see bags of $20 gold pieces and rolls of Barber coinage. It had to be the wild west in the Seventies. Hearing from "Old Timers" like ColonelJessup and other dealers that have been around forever is the best part of the hobby.

    I have a reputation from incivility upon occasion. I am already in trouble with the moderators. Please correct the noted text to "Veterans" and I will become your friend. Otherwise, it may not end prettily....... >:)

    I'll never forget the story about how you gave the Chapman brothers a lift back to Philly after the 1922 ANA convention! Amazing that they couldn't get more than face for the 1915 Matte Proof Quarter Eagle at the show and ended up giving it to you for gas money. And too bad you didn't keep it!!!

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:

    @ColonelJessup said:

    @willy said:
    I love stories of the past and how the giants became giants of the industry. Tales of bidding at auctions, and dealing on the bourse floor never get old. I long to hear more stories about the time before Third Party Grading and the very beginning of grading when rolls and bags of coins were common. In my dreams I see bags of $20 gold pieces and rolls of Barber coinage. It had to be the wild west in the Seventies. Hearing from "Old Timers" like ColonelJessup and other dealers that have been around forever is the best part of the hobby.

    I have a reputation from incivility upon occasion. I am already in trouble with the moderators. Please correct the noted text to "Veterans" and I will become your friend. Otherwise, it may not end prettily....... >:)

    I'll never forget the story about how you gave the Chapman brothers a lift back to Philly after the 1922 ANA convention! Amazing that they couldn't get more than face for the 1915 Matte Proof Quarter Eagle at the show and ended up giving it to you for gas money. And too bad you didn't keep it!!!

    Craaaaazzy funny you should bring that up. I just recently lost it in a CoinStar machine.

    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ColonelJessup said:

    @MrEureka said:

    @ColonelJessup said:

    @willy said:
    I love stories of the past and how the giants became giants of the industry. Tales of bidding at auctions, and dealing on the bourse floor never get old. I long to hear more stories about the time before Third Party Grading and the very beginning of grading when rolls and bags of coins were common. In my dreams I see bags of $20 gold pieces and rolls of Barber coinage. It had to be the wild west in the Seventies. Hearing from "Old Timers" like ColonelJessup and other dealers that have been around forever is the best part of the hobby.

    I have a reputation from incivility upon occasion. I am already in trouble with the moderators. Please correct the noted text to "Veterans" and I will become your friend. Otherwise, it may not end prettily....... >:)

    I'll never forget the story about how you gave the Chapman brothers a lift back to Philly after the 1922 ANA convention! Amazing that they couldn't get more than face for the 1915 Matte Proof Quarter Eagle at the show and ended up giving it to you for gas money. And too bad you didn't keep it!!!

    Craaaaazzy funny you should bring that up. I just recently lost it in a CoinStar machine.

    Does that mean I have to give it back now?

  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 4, 2021 5:23PM

    If I recall the recent Forum poll, I'm deeply and totally screwed. :'(

    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell

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