Chocolate Coin Slabbed by PCGS - It's Real!

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KellenCoin
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edited January 10, 2025 3:23PM in U.S. Coin Forum

It's real - a chocolate coin slabbed by PCGS. Cameron Kiefer first reported that it existed in 2004 on these Forums, to much skepticism. The story, shared with me by someone who was there: when PCGS, Gallery Mint, and the California Gold Marketing Group were creating and slabbing the SS Central America pieces, the entire setup was located at the Presidio in San Francisco. This chocolate coin was encapsulated there in jest. You can see that in the 24 years since it was encapsulated some sugar has leaked out, but otherwise the chocolate coin is still intact.

To my knowledge, there are two other slabbed chocolate coins. One, in an ICG holder, is owned by me. The other, a chocolate Franklin half put in a PCGS holder with their permission, has melted.


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  • MsMorrisine
    MsMorrisine Posts: 40,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Altered Surfaces

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  • KiwiNumi
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    I think you need to add the PCGS slabbed cricket to your collection. You could have a complete non coin type set.

  • jacrispies
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    No, that coin is certainly real.... without a doubt.

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  • Mr_Spud
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    That’s crazy how the cocoa butter bloom migrated through the gold foil like that. Cocoa butter bloom happens if chocolate gets exposed to heat and becomes molten or semi-molten and then resolidifies. The cocoa butter starts crystallizing on the surface of the chocolate and spreads all over the surface.

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  • OAKSTAR
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    @KellenCoin said:

    Classic environmental damage. It should have been stored in a refrigerate for the past 24 years. 🤣 😉

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  • Kliao
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    That is very interesting, never heard or seen a encapsulated chocolate coin by PCGS before.

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  • KellenCoin
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    @Lakesammman have you had a chance to see this one before?

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  • CRHer700
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    This makes me laugh. I want to see a PO-1 now. 😂 Imagine how many curved clips exist!

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  • RobertScotLover
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    I do not understand why it is in the a pcgs slab in the first place or why it doesn't state it on the label?

  • oih82w8
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    Mechanical error - wrong date.

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  • golden
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    It is a crying shame to waste good chocolate.

  • keyman64
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    Crack it and resubmit for the label error. Lol, it's clearly an 1852!

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  • ProofCollection
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    Details - Melted.

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,117 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Holy flame throwers it melted 🫠 😈

  • JimTyler
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    Eat it, I dare you.

  • Creg
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    Will it CAC?

  • privatecoin
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    Genuine ungradable. :D

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  • WinLoseWin
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    They missed the rare rotated die reverse error.

    And send it back in for "restoration" service.

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  • messydesk
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    ANACS has slabbed chocolate coins before, but as a test of their slabbing process. If the chocolate coin survived being encapsulated, then it was sufficiently safe for actual coins. I don't think any got out.

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