In the latest The Numismatist there is a short article about coin slab types. I've known for a while that there are people who collect them by company and type. Now I'm curious. Is there a book/guide/website that lists all this sort of information?
I am not sure that ICG has a history of slabs. The other top 3 have one linked to their main web page. Here is PCGS PCGS Coin and Banknote Holders
Bingo. Don't think he has updated his list/book/whatever in quite a few years though. His signature reads... Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties Actually, haven't seen him in a while.
Conder's book was the first and one of the most definitive sources but it is hard to find (and costs quite a bit due to its scarcity). David Schwager wrote a book that covers many of the different sample slabs. It is affordable and available on eBay (as well as directly from him for a little less): https://www.ebay.com/itm/275264367400 Then you have several websites that have put together some good info. ~PCGS has its own museum of holders page: https://www.pcgs.com/holdermuseum ~NGC has a page: https://www.ngccoin.com/about/evolution-of-ngc-holder/ ~We have a post from Conder about NGC generations: https://boards.ngccoin.com/topic/117773-ngc-slab-varieties/ ~Another person made a PCGS and NGC page: https://www.oldslabholders.com/post/pcgs-slab-generations https://www.oldslabholders.com/post/ngc-slab-generations ~And some resources for Anacs...CU thread followed by pdf file of generations https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1019761/anacs-slab-by-generation-info https://docs.google.com/presentatio...nAA51ErVhLf8/edit#slide=id.g13ceb62592e_1_672
David Schwager wrote a book sample slabs, covers many companies. (Good Book) We need a book just on all slabs that held coins, I would buy one. Here is a link to long list of companies that were in business over the years. I have printed it for reference when I go to shows. https://coinauctionshelp.com/page16.html#.Y1iL36DMI1J Plus if you find a company slabs that's not on the list. You can send pictures to get it added, I have added maybe 10 or 12 companies to the list. In my years of searching.
Company is a generous term for many of them. There probably is some semantics involved with the wording, but in todays age any slab list would do much better to be online not in print. The books can do well with past major services, but if any slab is going to be included that list will never end as anyone can start doing it. I know theres some niche actual companies from the past that failed, but basement stabbers will keep going and expanding as they have been. It would be good to point them out for people that may not know, but that needs to be in a format that can be updated easily
I'm working on the database and generation for the next edition of the sample slab book. The database is just under 1,000 items and I have submissions from two large collections still to process, plus the day-over-day new finds. I recently put up the how-to-submit instructions at https://sampleslabs.info/ - and that reminds me I need to update the What's In What's Out to exclude production slabs with "Event" Labels (If, say, PCGS or NGC were to offer customers ordinary grading with an "ANA 2022" label... like vamsplus posted on IG).
