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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I picked this up at my LCS-for very little-for the educational value. It is actually dated 1923 (you can see the last 2 digits in hand) and it is a "p" ( no mint mark). I suppose that it might grade a "good".   The merits of "slabbing" seems to have resulted in an "aura" of respectability/benefit attached to anything in a slab. I have no idea what the original purchaser would have paid for this, but this slab does not give a grade or a year, simply states the obvious, that it is a Buffalo nickel, and the insert is a foam which does not keep the coin in place very well. My question is, has anyone seen anything like this before, and does anyone have an idea what these may have originally sold for?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Slabs like this from companies that people have to look up shouldn't be judged in the arena of the merits for grading. As far as what someone might pay who knows, it was likely a private transaction we will never know.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
 it makes no difference. There have been dozens of TPG that have zero respectability. NGC, PCGS, and ANACS are really the only ones with good reputations. ANACS a bit behind the first two. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
This is a basement slab intended to draw attention to someone who has absolutely no knowledge about coins .  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4594 Posts |
Pop open the slab and put a modern Bison nickel in there.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Not exactly a giant in the grading industry.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3327 Posts |
Do you think this was a prototype slab or sample? It doesn't say that like the PCGS and NGC examples do.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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 United States
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There isn't a thing about this slab which isn't duplicated with great regularity by the "real" TPG's in one fashion or another. Seems disingenuous to use this as a reason to demean the " TPG" of this one, especially when there are plenty of good reasons to demean them.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:There isn't a thing about this slab which isn't duplicated with great regularity by the "real" TPG's in one fashion or another. Seems disingenuous to use this as a reason to demean the " TPG" of this one, especially when there are plenty of good reasons to demean them. Please do elaborate with facts. What is actually duplicated by actual companies? Should the real professionals refuse service because it doesn't meet your standard? Which real company uses home made slabs that doesn't even date what they're grading? It's always sad when moderators who new people trust to be impartial allow their personal vendates to make attacks for no reason. |
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United States
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I don't think 'personal vendetta' as much as disgust and statement of current market.
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Just a market ploy, nothing different than using generic snap cases w/colorful cutouts and reselling for maximum public gouge. See these all over, this just uses a "type coin" series is all, sold as something a bit special to the gullible. It works, why stop it now, right ebay, Crapslist, Matthew Mint, et al... Edited by Crazyb0
12/16/2017 3:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What exactly is the point you are attempting to make with this post? I see nothing wrong or improper here...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see this type all the time on ebay. No-name "company" that fills slabs with worthless junk to take advantage of newbies who think anything in a slab can be trusted. Can't troll around on the ebay Ancients section without seeing a few of these... even within vague type descriptions, they are often 100% wrong--most notoriously selling worthless late Roman coins (360 AD and later) as "Widow's mites" (a 1st century BC Judaean coin). I steer clear of anything and everything in these slabs. |
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Posted 12/16/2017 10:46 am
