Sample Slab?
Morgan White
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I've never seen these before. Some type of sample slab I guess. There's several of them listed on ebay.
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A promo?
The font doesn't look right
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Several years ago, Whitman put out a coin collector's kit that included a book, magnifier, coin folder, etc. This slab was also part of this kit.
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Undergraded.
Interesting. Do you know the rough time period?
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They look like they're from this period.
I'd guess from the early to mid 1990s. These kits were designed for new collectors who were interested in becoming coin collectors and were sold in hobby shops, bookstores, and other venues.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@PerryHall has it right. These were part of a kit you could buy. I think it was the mid 1990s and there were various dates of Lincoln cents that were included in the kits, but I think it was only one Lincoln cent per kit. If I recall correctly these typically sell for, or are offered for, around $20 or thereabouts.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
From a post made by @BStrauss3
PCGS-001-9-3
Object: Lincoln Wheat cent
Dates: 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
Grade: Authentic
Label: 19_ _ Lincoln Cent
Wheat Reverse
Notes: Some coin collectors believe these to be uncommon when first seeing them. This could be because they were marketed to non#65534;collectors instead of given away to collectors and dealers. Kiefer relates, "This slab was once thought to be scarce. It might still be semi scarce if no one saved them, but recently I found out from David Hall who told me 'These were an item in a Random House marketed Scott Travers "Coin collecting starter kit." I believe we did either 50,000 or 100,000 of
them.'" See the next page for a photo of the kit. The package included this sample, a magnifying glass, and the book One Minute Coin Expert by Scott Travers. This is the second edition of One Minute Coin Expert, published 1996. The third edition was published 1998, so it is likely these kits were made around 1996-1998.
If 50,000 were made, these are by far the most common samples ever produced. They do not have bar codes, serial numbers, or holograms.
This type was made to familiarize potential customers with PCGS products, which qualifies it as a sample.
At least two sample collectors have tried to build a complete set.
1916 (2 or 3 known), 1921 (1 known) and 1923 were added to the known dates in the 3rd edition. Keep an eye out for the "error" version where the shell is physically backwards - those will not stack together with normals.
Value: $11
SampleSlabs.com (Cameron Kiefer) PCGS 10
The Slab Book (Conder101) PCGS 5S1