Picked this up at a local coin/pawn shop yesterday and wanted people's thoughts. Not my normal area of collecting but figured I couldn't go wrong at $20. How collectable are these? I see a few listed on ebay so it can't be too rare. Interestingly, the coin is a 1921-D but the label only mentions that it is a 1921.
Samples are growing in popularity and have a dedicated collector base (not large, but some are very devoted to pursuing these). This particular sample is fairly common. On eBay these have sold for as low as $26 (with shipping) to as high as $67 in the last few months. Error slabs are also known (one of the eBay examples was an “S” in a no mint mark slab). They do carry a small premium. You did well at $20 and could likely get $35-$50 for your slab.
Great buy on your behalf. A nice looking coin in an early case. It probably cost someone more to slab the coin than what you paid for it.
Is there any way to point these to certain shows or year? I have a 64 Rosie that I have been wondering about. @Conder101
What you have is the blue label Morgan sample slab QUOTING Catalog Number PCGS -100-3-2 as per the Sample Slab book by David Schwager’s page 512. book In brief- As I understand. It has a higher value than the green label as fewer were made. The book quote's the value at app $100.00 of course this will vary by ebay seller and the bidding that goes on. So in short you got a great deal so congrats Alan samplecoinslabs.com
That is a green label slab. It's from the first green label slabs after the two-piece holders. That label style was used from 1990 to 1995. 21 posts to go
The green color wasn't colorfast ... so they are known in green, blue and yellow... Lots of people call them "error slabs" when the mint mark doesn't match. My belief is they simply didn't bother with a more detailed labeling. For example the (relatively common) rattler dime samples are known with a variety of coin #s (e.g. 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964) and a variety of coins.
