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Italian Slabbing: Good For A Laugh

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 Posted 03/04/2014  09:56 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add austrokiwi to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
For a while I have been looking for an example of an 1891 5 lire coin produced by Italy for use in Eritrea. The big problem is the number of fakes and replicas. SO I purchased an Italian slabbed example:

Italian-Slabbing:--Good-For-A-Laugh

The logic being if an Italian firm is going to go to the effort of guaranteeing the coins Authenticity I am more likely to be able to get my money back if it turns out to not be genuine. I will be posting photos in the world coins part of the forum to ask for opinions on the coin. Anyway this slab is a laugh! The coin is in a PVC "flip" which has then been riveted closed. Obviously if the coin is genuine it is not staying in this "slab" for long. Re the photo the interference pattern that can be seen is due to my camera not having an anti aliasing filter
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 Posted 03/04/2014  4:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is this actually a slabbing service or just a private firm guaranteeing the authenticity of the coins they are selling? Are they just "slabbing" their own coins or do they accept outside submissions?
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 Posted 03/04/2014  7:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Numismatica Salentina is a coin dealership. So I'd say they're just sealing up their own coins for sale. I don;t know for sure, since their English-language pages still need some work and Google Translate isn't working for me.
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 Posted 03/05/2014  12:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add brg5658 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well, it seems that they accept coins for authentication and "estimated valuation" and, thereafter, coins are put in these "sealed" plastic flips. The services are outlined on their website at this link:

http://www.numismaticasalentina.com...perizie.aspx


I wouldn't call it a "slab", but it's something I haven't seen before.
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03/05/2014 12:13 am
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 Posted 03/06/2014  04:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinsaus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well this is definitely different. Not sure about the pvc and I'm wondering what the rivets are made out of, will they rust or are they like copper and go green
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I've seen these before on the web. Basically does the job. The coin is protected and the 'certificate' and coin can't be separated without it being obvious.

Yes, I know it's not as damage proof as US slabs. But you can see the edges of the coin, which is often an annoying problem with conventional slabs!

Sure it's different. But I actually find it more attractive than a lump of Perspex (or whatever) you can barely see through.

As to the materials used .. no idea.
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03/06/2014 05:05 am
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