Sample Slab Collectors Renew Newsletter

After a several year hiatus, the Sample Slab Update newsletter is back with the latest developments in the field of sample slab collecting. For the uninitiated, grading service companies often issue one-off variants of their encapsulating plastic holders, typically in conjunction with a specific coin show or other event. These special edition holders become collectible in themselves, in addition to the value of any coin contained therein. Further, slab types that were used for only a short time are desirable. The August 2024 edition of the Update notes, for example, the NGC type 8 holder ("The Ocho" in sample slab collector parlance), among other scarce types.

The Sample Slab Update is published by David Schwager, who naturally has commissioned his own sample slab. Produced by NGC, this slab commemorated the David and Michelle Schwager wedding in July 2024. Each holds a George VI silver sixpence issued between 1937 and 1946, chosen for the wedding rhyme that ends "and a sixpence in your shoe."

Image: David and Michelle Schwager wedding sample slab

Link to Sample Slab Update on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/514437

Link to YouTube video "NGC Gen 8 Holder - Not a Fake":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afsluegtgiY