Conder101: Another unknown slab? WMP Rare coins

kieferscoins · May 14, 2003 10:37AM

This slab is just the same as the NCI 9 slab and could be like the USTI slab where they used the same molds, but different labels. On the back is the logo "WMP Rare Coins" with an upward graph symbol and a logo similiar to the Amos Press globe in the right hand corner. Have you seen one of these before? Anyone else have any from this particluar company?

Cameron Kiefer

Conder101 · May 14, 2003 12:17PM

Yes I have seen one before but I don't know anything about them and I didn't have any pictures of one.

kieferscoins · May 14, 2003 1:23PM

Feel free to use these pictures in your next edition book if you want. What number/designation will you give it?

Cameron Kiefer

Conder101 · May 14, 2003 11:03PM

Already snatched the pics. I'll probably list it as WMP 1. But I would like to find out what the WMP stand for.

AbesNeighbor · May 14, 2003 11:41PM

Cameron,

Where do you find this stuff!!??

Dan

kieferscoins · May 15, 2003 12:50AM

Dan,

I usually find them in junk slab boxes dealers have at shows or just word of mouth. Ask around and dealers have neat stuff hiding in their shops and tables.

Cameron Kiefer

GaCoinGuy · May 15, 2003 2:32AM

I will keep an eye for any oddball slabs this weekend.....going to hit a couple of shows. If I can find any, I'll pass em along to you at cost if you want em.

Dave99B · June 3, 2004 1:38PM

World Market Prospective

Conder101 · June 4, 2004 12:54AM

Thanks Dave.

rlawsha · June 4, 2004 1:06AM

Found this on Google RCC UseNet group....

In article <ice9-1512961640230001@s3.pm2.trader.com>, ice9@trader.com
(Ronald Trout) wrote:

>Today I picked up a couple of really attractive common date O mint Morgans
>at a relatively cheap price which were slabbed by "WMP Rare Coins" and
>graded by them at MS63. Due to the details under my loupe they look to be
>that grade or better.

IIRC, WMP is Wayne M. Pratali who works with/for A-Mark and other major
wholesalers. He's listed in the 1996 Numismatic Dealer Directory as
Goldline International, Inc., 100 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Santa
Monica, CA 90401, 301-587-1483. (A-Mark has the same address ...)

braddick · July 25, 2023 5:07PM

I came upon an example of this slab while visiting a local shop today.
Thought it was cool enough to own.

DCW · July 25, 2023 6:07PM

Crazy that this thread is 20 years old. I was in Iraq at the time.

pointfivezero · July 25, 2023 7:12PM

Knew I had one somewhere:

Tim

UpGrayedd · July 25, 2023 7:25PM

Here is my WMP example and a USTI, which appears to be the same core with different labels.

pointfivezero · July 25, 2023 7:45PM

Good call, @UpGrayedd. Never noticed that before:

Tim

braddick · July 25, 2023 8:03PM

The shop had two of these- I'm tempted to go back and pick up the other one.
The slabs are good quality- feels like the plastic SEGS uses. The coin is true to the grade.

pointfivezero · July 25, 2023 11:50PM

Yes, I like the look and feel of the WMP plastic. If you can get a decent price, then I would grab the other one.

Tim

BStrauss3 · July 26, 2023 7:26AM

Pretty sure they are FPG - First Party Graders. e.g. like Blanchard &c - it was a thing once-upon-a-time.

Also, the slab is acrylic plastic (e.g. tradename plexiglass) which is VERY inert. They make intraocular lenses for cataract patients out of similar plastics.

Glen2022 · July 26, 2023 10:41AM

Grading looks pretty accurate also.

Conder101: Another unknown slab? WMP Rare coins

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