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 Posted 11/02/2011  8:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add PennyBox to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe this question has been answered in another thread but I am new to this hobby and would like to know what one means by "slabbing" a coin from a set.

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 Posted 11/03/2011  1:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DvntMstr to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
When you get a coin graded it is either put into a plastic flip style folder by the grading company (soft slabbed) or into a hard plastic case by the company (hard slabbed). I hope that helps you some.
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After placing my order on July 16 of this year, I FINALLY received my 2011 Special Edition Proof Set - 100th Anniversary of the 1911 Silver Dollar. I ordered two sets, one to keep intact and the other to break apart to get the proof large cent out. Significantly lower mintage (6,000) than the 1998 set of similar nature...
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 Posted 11/08/2011  11:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Zonad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I just got mine as well. Three sets out of the last 100 made. 5900 to 6000 for cert #. I think the highest of mine is 5962 or so.
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 Posted 11/08/2011  2:25 pm  Show Profile   Check SPP-Ottawa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add SPP-Ottawa to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Mine were 5978 and 5979...
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