ACG / Accugrade Sample Slabs

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Founded in 1984 by Alan Hager, ACG was the first company to slab coins in a hard plastic capsule. Originally using photoslabs, ACG switched to a smaller size slab without a photo around 1986. The sheer number of years and shows ACG has attended makes you wonder why more weren't produced.

ACG / Accugrade Sample Slab 1

Sample can easily be seen across the front of the label with a grade in the bottom right corner. There are at least 2 ACG samples and they both date back to the Connecticut office which was in use around 1987-1988. Both samples are a few serial numbers apart and have a bicentennial quarter inside. One slab has the grade of MS-65 while the other is MS-66 and it appears that ACG graded each quarter before encapsulating. This sample may be the scarcest sample of all the services.

ACG / Accugrade Sample Slab 2

Another sample that should never exist. Alan Hager obviously didn't know every type his company produced over the years, and this proves it yet again. This sample has the same general layout of the label as ACG sample slab 1, but the word sample is not in a bold black lettering. The address of the company was also added to the back of the slab. Two of these types surfaced on ebay in late 2003, and are the only ones known to survive right now. It appears to be as scarce as ACG sample slab 1.

ACG / Accugrade Sample Slab 2.1

The label placement and the word sample on this piece is in the same type of font as ACG sample slab 2, but this one has a Eisenhower dollar inside. Two of these have been seen so far and both were dated 1978 with the MS-63 grade.

ACG Sample Slabs on eBay

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