Question about PCI slabs

ferd

I was wondering what the differn't colored labels on PCI coins is all about. Some have the gold label, some have a red label, and I think there may be a green label. Are some just older?

Dog97

Basically when they changed ownership last year they changed from green to gold. Red is for problem coins that have been cleaned etc.

Conder101

HALLMARK, which first used that style slab, used a green border for all of their coins. After PCI bought out their supplie they began using the green border to indicate problem free US coins and a red border to indicate those US coins that did have some kind of problem, cleaning scratched etc. They also used a blue border for the first year on non-US coins, tokens, or medals.

For a period of a couple months they had a special blue label slab that showed a group of coins across the whole label for a special Experts Signature series.

The labels went through a few more changes over the years but the colors remained the same until the company was sold for the second time to the current owner in March of 2002. At that time the green border was dropped and replaced with a wide gold border. The red border has remained with the same meaning.

goose3

bookmark this.............be VERY careful buying coins in their "new" holders

paigowjohnny

I know it's been discussed before, but frankly I didn't pay much attention...are the coins graded in "old" PCI holders considered reliable/honest/reasonably acceptable ???

goose3

<< <i>I know it's been discussed before, but frankly I didn't pay much attention...are the coins graded in "old" PCI holders considered reliable/honest/reasonably acceptable ??? >>




I would have to say yes, that they were pretty darn accurate!

keets

hey goose

good linkage!!! i printed that bugger up when it was first posted and have since shared copies with a few friends and the local dealer. what they do with it is up to them, but i try to keep it in my memory to at least give the "wrong" holdered coins some extra scrutiny.

as always, grade the coin in the holder for yourself. these varying holders and our varying opnions on them shouldn't be taken as gospel. BTC&NTH!!!!

al h.

goose3

that is a page that was/is posted and provided by a fellow member. K6AZ
it's not mine so I must not take credit for it.
it is an EXCELLENT helper!

Conder101

The problem with that link is that it isn't complete and is misleading. The "New" PCI label shown first came into use in late 1999 under the same owner and grading standards as the "old" PCI label. It wasn't until PCI was sold to Leslie Shade in Sept of 2001 that the grading on the "new" labels went downhill. The good "new" labels can be told from the bad "new" labels by checking the serial number on the back. If it has 14 digits it was issued while the standards were still strict. If it has 9 digits it was produced after the sale and with the loose standards.