Been collecting these for many years and I think I have enough to put in here for all to see and add any you might have. I have added a letter to the slab for identifying them easy. I have fourteen different ones to get in here. Each a different label, all the same size slab. Hope you enjoy looking them over, as I have collecting them. Nothing rare but just different then the top tier slabs. ** ** ** ** ** ** **
and four more. ** ** ** ** This one 'N' is the same size slab and will fit in with the ACG slabs, and looks like the same slab in all respects.
I can say I've learned something new today. Never heard of anyone using fractional grading before. ( I don't get out much, lol.) Very interesting.
Yea i didnt realize they put the half grades on the small size ACG. I forgot how much i like these. Heres mine-
Depends which ones you are referencing. The newer ACG holders are common enough that cracking them will make no difference. The early ones or special ones (like some of the California, West, Long Beach, etc) are another story. I wouldn't be cracking those unless the coins are worth significantly more than the holders.
That holder is common. So crack if you like or keep as is, whatever works best for your collection. If you had a holder like the ACG California that I posted or something like the last 7 that Robert Paul posted, then it would be another story.
Ok the catalog numbers from the book for these varieties are: A ACG 23 B New has the front of ACG 26 and back of ACG 23 C ACG 20 D ACG 16a E is either ACG 21 or 25 Are the letters ACG in the bottom right corner raised or flat? F ACG 26 G Either 21 or 25 same question as on E H ACG 8 I New it would fit in between 12 and 12.5 J Not in book, in notes as 11.1 K Not in book, in notes between 10 and 11 L New would be just before ACG 12 M ACG 13 N This is an ACG shell but not an ACG slab. In the late 90's ACG was looking to expand their business and licensed their slab shells to a couple other companies. He would provide the shells and equipment for a fee and the other company could create their own grading service. This didn't last long because shells started being diverted to other companies that weren't paying fees to ACG. In 2002 ACG tried a different tack and created an encapsulation service. For a fee you could send coins to ACG and they would slab them in their shells under your company name at what ever grade you specified. They provided the encapsulation ONLY not authentication or grading was done by ACG. This slab is probably from a diverted shell. I have never seen this company before. If it had been a licensed company there probably would have been more of them and I would have seen them. ACG was the first company to do grades between the 11 MS grades, this was around 1986. The hobby at the time ridiculed the idea because everyone knew that it was impossible to grade so precisely that you would be able to tell that a coin was better than one MS grade but not a good as the next one. (Someone needs to explain that to PCGS, NGC, and CAC.) ACG bowed to public opinion and the .5 grades quickly ceased. They would not be seen again until Compugrade in 1991.
dddd Do you mind if I copy your image of the Accgrade California slab. I have an image of a label but not an actual slab. Robert Paul same question on the ones you have that I don't have images of.
Thanks for all the info on ACG Slab history. The pictures posted here are available to you and all to use, please make a copy for your reference. If you want pictures without the letters on the slab please PM or email me and I will get those to you. I have 35 slabs for this size and now I can put them in some order. I have to get back to you on the raise letter question, as I have put them away. Since you pointed out these items I will get them out and check them over a little closer. I do have more I can post, and since you mention that Compugrade Slab, I have a sample slab and two more of them, graded MS-62, & MS-62.1.
Go ahead and use the ACG California pictures. I would be honored! By the way, do you plan to publish your slab book again?
I have re-examined all of my slabs and looked for the raised ACG in the lower right corner and compared the shells. I now have 4 more types. A,B,E,& G have with or without the raised AGC. If 'without' there is no initials there at all. In the pictures here A - has the raised ACG B - has the raised ACG E - has the raised ACG G - is flat Also forgot to mention that D - has no raised AGC and not on the front label, and it is B/W label. The shell and label is reversed as compared to all the others. it needs to be flip long ways to stack up with the rest of the shells. I have 42 ACG small slabs. My notes were wrong before for 35 slabs.
