Skytogen. Not a kind of cardboard, but a cream-colored paper with a pebbly finish used to cover cardboard boxes. They are popular for housing medals in America in the 20th century. A medal not placed in a case by the manufacturer would be placed in a cardboard box made to fit the diameter of the medal; two layers of cotton inside would further protect the medal. For many years, and particularly for the Medallic Art Company in America, these medal boxes were wrapped in skytogen paper. These boxes could be manufactured with most any heavy paper. Special boxes could be wrapped with embossed, imprinted or goldstamped paper (example: National Sculpture Society 75th Anniversary Medal, 1968, in a red box with Medallic Art's French Head logo goldstamped on top).

Slab, Slabbing. A hard plastic case encapsulating a numismatic item after being authenticated and graded by a professional certification service and the process of placing the item within the plastic case. The service includes a label adjacent to the item identifying its numismatic variety and indicating a numerical indication of the item’s condition.

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