How much would you pay for this sample slab?

Example

Sample slab by joecoincollect posted Jan 21, 2015 at 6:48 PM

I got this the other day from an antique dealer. Obviously the coin is worth a dollar or two. But since some people collect these sample slabs, what's it worth you think? I sold a Korean sample slab before for over a hundred on ebay, so you never know

 

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You can check recent sales (last 90d) on eBay. One sold for 66 the other 68

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281503180414
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251724425091

 

Interestingly, the one that sold for $66 is the exact coin pictured above.

 

Yep, that's right. Personally I wouldn't pay anything for it b/c I don't collect stuff like that.

 

Maybe they all have the same # .

 

Could be, but I don't think so. There are two different Cert's listed in the above auctions.

 

Yeah, the lower link shows the same label. But the white background in the plastic is dark on the left side. Mine isn't dark like that's that's the only difference. I also noticed the rotation of the coin is slightly different among the two. Not sure if coins move in these older holders. But anyways, ill auction it in a few days. I paid only 3 bucks for it, so anything above that will be cool

 

The TPGs have been known to reuse sample numbers. I think the coins ARE different, but it could be tricks of the light

 

Definitely worth more than $3 , I'm betting around $25+ or more .

 

I would go for $50+ judging by the two auctions posted

 

There have been a lot of sample slabs come to market in the past month and judging by some of the sales results the appetite for high dollar items is limited.


But with auctions you never know...

 

Of the two EBay sales one Cert # ends in 006 and the other 003, it would appear they could have been part of the same production run. Put it up on EBay, you might be pleasantly suprised.

 

They did sometimes reuse the slab numbers on the sample slabs (NGC denies this but examples have been found for the same generation of slab with the same number in different hands at the same time, sometimes with different coins in them.) The slab above is not the same slab as the $66 one in the ebay auction. The coin is the same date but it is different. the coin above shows some dirt and crud around the digits of the date but the one in the auction is clean around the date.

The darkness on the left side of the insert in the ebay auction is due to the horrible lighting. The right side is overlit almost to the point of burnout and the left side is in the dark.

 

You're probably closer than I was . I was just being super conservative . Just the nickle itself would make it worth more to me than the usual cent or dime .

 

Thing is the same bidder won both. There was one bidder who lost by one increment... everyone else dropped out in the 20s.

 

They are sorta interesting to me, but it's not a priority for me. I think I'd read a book about it though. I saw some silver dollars in sample slabs, but the prices are 150 or more, which I think is very high for a ms 60 or so. I'd rather get a non sample ms65 for that price

 

The grade of the dollar had nothing to do with it, they were willing to pay the money because of the slab not the coin. It's a case of the holder being the collectible not the coin.

 

I wouldn't.

But then, I don't collect sample slabs.

 

Nothing

 

apparently quite a lot.

I dropped out of the bidding just below the previous $65.00 mark, but the coin sold for 92. Go figure.