Design Evolution: What Came Before and After the Slabbed Coin Era — A Numismatic Artist’s Perspective on PVC Detection, Grading, and Coin Preservation

I’ve examined hundreds of these early slabs in my career, and the irony is not lost on me as an artist. The slab was supposed to be the ultimate frame for the coin — the way a museum frame protects a painting — but some of these early frames were slowly eating the artwork inside.

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