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Rare Sample Slabs: The Sample Slabs To Look For

acan451acan451 Posts: 357
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This is my fifth sample slab article, something a little different.
I truly hope you enjoy it.
All the Best
Alan
http://coinauctionshelp.com/Coin_Help_Blog/2011/08/15/rare-sample-slabs-the-sample-slabs-to-look-for/
My new sample slab article

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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,526 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LINKY Some cool stuff in there! image
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners. :smile:
  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool article, thanks for sharing it image

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  • WingsruleWingsrule Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭✭
    I have never seen that Japanese sample before. Very nice.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,792 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have one of those Compugrade sample slabs. Any idea what they are worth?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • rottnrogrottnrog Posts: 683 ✭✭✭

    That is one of my ACG samples !! image
  • jamesfsmjamesfsm Posts: 652 ✭✭
    I don't think NTC is in the top 4 of grading.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,792 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't think NTC is in the top 4 of grading. >>



    Is NTC still in business?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to a very special poster here, I was alerted to nuke bid these Norweb sample slabs with Hallmark. I was amazed that my nuke bid of $220 for the trio was almost tested!

    These will go next to my favorite trio of Norweb coins from Canada SP, the 1875-H 5c 10c and 25c specimen strikes. LOL.

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  • rottnrogrottnrog Posts: 683 ✭✭✭


    << <i> I was amazed that my nuke bid of $220 for the trio was almost tested!

    >>




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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Acan451: Fun to read article.

    Did you mean NGC (not NTC) as one of the top 4?
    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
  • DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fun article. Nice to see someone continuing the research and public awareness of these slabs. Fun parts of history.

    The Doily Sample will always be recognizable and desirable, but I seem to run into them a bit more than I would expect. Granted, each of us operates in our own numismatic world and perhaps I have just been in the 'right places at the right times', but I do seem to see a large number of Doily Samples . . . moreso than the scarcity of the Doily holder in general would seem to indicate.

    At any rate, after I put four of them into the Doily Set and kept seeing more, I started to 'pass' and concentrate more of the regular Doily.

    Drunner
    (The Doily Slut)
  • 123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    Alan said NTC was not in the top 4.
    image
  • JBatDavidLawrenceJBatDavidLawrence Posts: 504 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Oreville! They had been sitting on my desk for over a year until we finally got around to putting them on ebay. Neat coins, that's for sure!
    John Brush
    President of David Lawrence Rare Coins www.davidlawrence.com
    email: John@davidlawrence.com
    2022 ANA Dealer of the Year, Past Chair of NCBA (formerly ICTA), PNG Treasurer, Instructor at Witter Coin University, former Instructor/YN Chaperone ANA Summer Seminar, Coin World Most Influential, Curator of the D.L. Hansen Collection
  • acan451acan451 Posts: 357
    Sorry everyone the NTC was a typo I have corrected.
    Thanks for bringing it to my attention
    It happens!
    Alan
    My new sample slab article
  • acan451acan451 Posts: 357
    Hi PerryHall
    A Compugrade sample slab, could do well.
    Be aware though, the sample market is all over the place at the moment.
    I don't think anyone can judge the price of sample slabs just now.
    All the Best
    Alan



    My new sample slab article
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That is one of my ACG samples !! >>



    Leave it up to one of our hobby's most acclaimed error collectors to take up sample slab collecting and hoard those ACG samples! image
    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭

    nice pick up oreville !


    Here is my never made sample.


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    Herb
    Remember it's not how you pick your nose that matters, it's where you put the boogers.
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  • ConstantineConstantine Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭
    Great article, thanks for sharing!
  • acan451acan451 Posts: 357
    Herb that is one amazing sample.
    Thankyou for adding it.
    Alan
    My new sample slab article
  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
    Good read Alan.



    Herb
    Remember it's not how you pick your nose that matters, it's where you put the boogers.
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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks to a very special poster here, I was alerted to nuke bid these Norweb sample slabs with Hallmark. I was amazed that my nuke bid of $220 for the trio was almost tested!

    These will go next to my favorite trio of Norweb coins from Canada SP, the 1875-H 5c 10c and 25c specimen strikes. LOL.

    image >>

    Well done ... I was nowhere near the final price ... dang.
    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • WingsruleWingsrule Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭✭
    If I still had my collection, it would have been a very interesting auction, Robert.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,792 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have a few NTC sample slabs with state quarters. Are they worth anything?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a few NTC sample slabs with state quarters. Are they worth anything? >>

    Mass quarters? I seem to recall seeing those in the NTC samples. They are somewhat easy to find, but are getting tougher. Pricing ... um, perhaps retail in the $15-20 range. Thoughts from other sample slab geeks?
    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
    $5.00/$10.00, I think is a more realistic price point.


    Not that I'm one of those sample slab geeks................just saying!




    Herb


    Remember it's not how you pick your nose that matters, it's where you put the boogers.
    imageimageimage
  • acan451acan451 Posts: 357
    I would like to thank everyone for the
    encouraging comments and support.
    It makes all the work I put into these articles worth wile
    Thank you again
    All the Best
    Alan
    My new sample slab article

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