Beware! Slabs For Sale

Tim and chequer, both of your comments are valid, until filtered through the dozens upon dozens (literally) of questions we've fielded over the last few years from people who have been deceived by cheap coins in cheap plastic. If I am off the end of the scale on this topic (which I freely admit), it's because my sense of disbelief over the dumb purchases people will make has long since been burned out of me.

As a result, I don't advocate the sale of anything which could even be remotely construed as "professional" packaging. Experience has proven that there are those who will insist on believing something which isn't true, even if you tell them it isn't.

Of course, there's also the attitude of "let them bid it up anyways, I've covered myself" which, as an ebay seller, I'm not immune to.

Out there, I'm a seller who does his best to accurately represent his offerings, and let the bids fall where they may. In here, I'm an educator who knows his most important audience has almost no existing knowledge of what I discuss. I have to cater to them first, and for the record your disagreements with me on this topic are just as valuable as my original position.

It's all about education.

This is slightly off the topic, but I could sure use your help.

I have several different size coins that I would like to slab with no label or grading. I would just use them to protect the coins and have some kind of organization. I also have 4 used PCGS slab boxes. The coins are in a vast variety of wrappers/covers and Airtites.
They lay in the boxes horizontally instead of vertically.

Does any one know where I can find see-through slabs that are universal for coin diameters and will fit in these boxes?

Thanks so much.

I agree but, you will always have these garage slabbers "grading" coins and putting them in "slab your own coins" holders trying to pass every coin as an MS70. SGS is a perfect example. As SuperDave has stated and it can't be emphasized enough, education is key to knowing what to buy, and what to avoid. This holds true with the seller and the coin. They go hand in hand. If the dealer or seller has anything shady about them, the coin at that point does not matter because I won't deal with that person any longer. That's how I operate.

^^^ malissadawn ^^^

I bought slabs that are basically big airtites... openable and such. They came with blank tags and the *"foam" cut out to standard sizes(eg. penny, nickel, dime, quarter and other U.S. coin sizes... what you order). *They are indeed archival quality.

I bought them from cheaptreasuresfl on ebay... but they aren't seemingly active rite now. The slabs were labelled "Image Guard", and were a buck 99 for a pack of 2. He was a good seller too, shipping was fair and a good deal the more you bought. Too bad the seller seems to have packed it up(?).

I will see if I can get "Image Guard" slab listings for you... although ebay ca appears to be having some problems lately.

edit>... whoa, whoa on the penny word. They fit Canadian coins just fine!

>>> edit 2... linky VVV
http://www.the2buds.com/sucnsapn.htm

Bryan1315, I took a look at Coin World slabs, it turns out they are advertised in the bottom of the forum, thanks. They seem to be the closest match to the PCGS box, although the part inside the slab that actually holds the coin has to be ordered to size.
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IbGolden, I would appreciate it if you could find Image Guard. All my searches by seller name, username email and product search on ebay pull a blank.

Not trying to do my own grading, just trying to get organized. I like the compaction of coins the box provides.

There's probably no demand, but I could use slabs with boards inside that are universal and can be easily cut to fit. I can also see a gold and silver bar similar application the same way.

Sorry, As I explained on the previous page... gone! I find nothing but a picture.VVV



The link from the previous page is the closest thing to what the Image Guard slabs were.VVV
http://www.the2buds.com/sucnsapn.htm

I wish I'd taken a screen shot of the Craigslist offer now. Sorry. If you're really enterprising, try doing a search on various Craigslist sites for "coin holders" or some other likely key words. I would guess that on some of the smaller sites not many people would be likely to flag these postings.

Update: didn't take long: http://ksu.craigslist.org/clt/1206687625.html. I didn't flag this one, so it probably will stay up for awhile.

Whoa, Rollhunter's and pls's links have the exact same wording, but with a different location.

I just emailed him/her and asked what chemicals they are made of and if they had a universal application.

Price might be to high. They seem to imply $3.