Holy cow...slabbing the slab has happened.

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Stork
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Okay, technically just a holder, but still...

A few years back I joked around I wanted my Ministry of Finance holdered/NGC graded coin put in an oversized slab. It has an NGC stickered grade on it (and IIRC PCGS has sticker graded some too, but I may be mis-remembering). The label had gotten a little roughed up so I (jokingly) wanted it slabbed for protection. The overall size of the MoF holders is smaller than some graded medals.

NGC declined.

Here are some old photos of it and you can see the size in relation to a regular NGC slab. And the label.



But lookie what I just found!

https://en.auction-world.co/xpai/lot_Y16-6048.html

So the real question is...can I get PCGS to slab an NGC stickered MoF coin???

:smiley:

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  • pruebas
    pruebas Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    PCGS declined to slab a rectangular medal I sent them. They should start slabbing other rectangular things using this insert.

  • cacheman
    cacheman Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭✭
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    Save me baby jesus... :/

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  • WildWestHalfDollars
    WildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 10, 2023 1:44PM
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    If there is a market for it why not. No better than anything else I guess that some people want. Some people are into weird things such is life. I would not use this service but I imagine some will. If I had a 250 000$+ coin maybe I would but that will never happen in my life. I am small time my coins are not worth the trouble or the cost to have this done.

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  • Stork
    Stork Posts: 5,208 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 10, 2023 6:53PM
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    @MrEureka said:

    @Stork said:
    So the real question is...can I get PCGS to slab an NGC stickered MoF coin???

    :smiley:

    And at what point do you go for the WINGS bean?

    The Trifecta! Now you made me want to do it...for the photo op if nothing else. Is WINGS still in business though?

    ETA as for the market @PillarDollarCollector PCGS slabs are getting more and more popular in Japan, but the MoF holders have their own value. I guess this is why these were done. Even so, I almost rolled over in shock when I saw them.

  • Exbrit
    Exbrit Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭✭
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    Now what I’d like to see is a Slab slabbing the Slabber who Slabbed the slab. Now that would be something - oversized no doubt.

    But seriously - pretty neat.

  • tcollects
    tcollects Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I've been eagerly waiting for this moment for 30 years, now we need to slab that second slab

  • Stork
    Stork Posts: 5,208 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Just to make this more hilarious, I did some digging to refresh my memory. PCGS didn't do the sticker like NGC, but they would offer a photo certificate to accompany the MoF slab. So someone decided this was an improvement.

  • Swampboy
    Swampboy Posts: 13,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks great

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • wybrit
    wybrit Posts: 6,999 ✭✭✭
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    :s

    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.

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