Before there were slabs, there were Capital Plastics holders. They provided excellent protection for the coin. There were open stock items and custom made holders. The custom holders could be ordered with specific sizes for the openings and custom lettering. I used to have custom made holders all of my top coins. Here are a couple of "open stock" holders for Morgan dollars. The first was for the varieties of 1878. It in interesting to note that the 1878, Reverse of '79 dollar was included in this set. Here is the 1878, Reverse of 1879 dollar, which should have been included in this set. Here is an "All Mints" collection. An extra spot was added to show the obverse. I have never been a big Morgan Dollar collector. I have a Proof for my type set, these two sets and that's it. These sets provde a bit history for the Morgan Dollar which was never popular when it was minted, except in the Western states.
I love how coins look in the CP holders... getting them in there without manhandling them is the tricky part.
Awesome work! Check out the Morgan Key Dates in this blog post. I think the key Dates of Morgan Dollars was an interesting read and helpful for any collectors. https://bullionexchanges.com/blog/2019/08/23/morgan-silver-dollar-key-dates/
@johnmilton , when you ordered custom made ones, how did you convey what you wanted? Did you have to send in a sketch? Also, did Capitol send you a "prototype" first for your approval? How was the order and approval process before email attachments?
You could send sketches of the holders you wanted to Capital. They had pricing system where you paid so much per square inch of holder space, so much for each letter for whatever words you wanted and so much for each custom drilled hole to a specified size. I usually order the hole slightly on the small side used the fitting tool to enlarge it the exact size of the coin. Most of the time I ordered the standard 3 inch by 3 inch holder and ordered the hole for a specific size specified the words on the holder.
