- Encapsulation
- With the advent of slabbing in 1986, there were those who felt the word
slab demeaning to the self-avowed
professionalism of the trade. So was coined the handy euphemism
encapsulation to describe the plastic entombment device. (In the
unsold second half of the Ed Trompeter set of United States gold proofs, the
author, who helped catalog the sale, was told to delete all references to
slabs or slabbing, and instead substitute the more mellifluous
"encapsulated".) See
clear,
white.
- Environmental Damage
- In 1986, fellow dealer Bruce L. submitted his Uncirculated 3-cent silver
to a grading service for their grade evaluation. They returned it as
ungradeable due to having environmental damage. It's problem? Original
toning. (Naturally they kept Bruce's
$22 fee.) See slab.
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Numismatica / 15 Sep 2003