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<p>[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 8082551, member: 116145"]Really? Any further details you can share? I am curious! I'm so glad you posted this info! I bought a big box of stuff, cheaply, and these were in the bottom. [Edit] Google is my friend! With your info, I was able to find this on another forum - Catalog Number: PCGS-001-9-3</p><p>Object: <a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/us_small_cents/lincoln_wheat_ear.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/us_small_cents/lincoln_wheat_ear.asp" rel="nofollow">Lincoln Wheat cent</a></p><p>Date: 1918 - 1929</p><p>Grade: Authentic</p><p>Serial:</p><p>Label: Authentic / 19_ _ Lincoln CENT / Wheat Reverse</p><p>Notes: Some coin collectors believe these to be scarce when first seeing them. This could be because they were marketed to</p><p>non-collectors instead of given away to collectors and dealers. Kiefer relates, "This slab was once thought to be scarce. It might still be semi scarce if no one saved them, but recently I found out from David Hall who told me 'These were an item in a Random House marketed Scott Travers "Coin collecting starter kit." I believe we did either 50,000 or 100,000 of them.'"</p><p>If 50,000 were made, these are by far the most common</p><p>samples ever produced. They do not have bar codes, serial</p><p>numbers, or holograms.</p><p>These are so common that I admit I did not include them in</p><p>sales records for most of the survey, considering them not to be sample slabs. However, they were made to familiarize</p><p>potential customers with <a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=PCGS&_sacat=11116&_ipg=200" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=PCGS&_sacat=11116&_ipg=200" rel="nofollow">PCGS</a> products, which qualifies</p><p>them as samples. I am unsure of the dates available, but</p><p>Kiefer states that they range from 1918 to 1929 and I have not</p><p>seen one with a mintmark.</p><p>At least one sample collector built a complete set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 8082551, member: 116145"]Really? Any further details you can share? I am curious! I'm so glad you posted this info! I bought a big box of stuff, cheaply, and these were in the bottom. [Edit] Google is my friend! With your info, I was able to find this on another forum - Catalog Number: PCGS-001-9-3 Object: [URL='https://www.coincommunity.com/us_small_cents/lincoln_wheat_ear.asp']Lincoln Wheat cent[/URL] Date: 1918 - 1929 Grade: Authentic Serial: Label: Authentic / 19_ _ Lincoln CENT / Wheat Reverse Notes: Some coin collectors believe these to be scarce when first seeing them. This could be because they were marketed to non-collectors instead of given away to collectors and dealers. Kiefer relates, "This slab was once thought to be scarce. It might still be semi scarce if no one saved them, but recently I found out from David Hall who told me 'These were an item in a Random House marketed Scott Travers "Coin collecting starter kit." I believe we did either 50,000 or 100,000 of them.'" If 50,000 were made, these are by far the most common samples ever produced. They do not have bar codes, serial numbers, or holograms. These are so common that I admit I did not include them in sales records for most of the survey, considering them not to be sample slabs. However, they were made to familiarize potential customers with [URL='https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=PCGS&_sacat=11116&_ipg=200']PCGS[/URL] products, which qualifies them as samples. I am unsure of the dates available, but Kiefer states that they range from 1918 to 1929 and I have not seen one with a mintmark. At least one sample collector built a complete set.[/QUOTE]
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