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Conder101:
In your book you described pcgs 2 as: pcgs 2 This was the first attempt by pcgs to increase the security of their slabs. This is a two piece slab. The center part is the same small "rattler" shell seen on pcgs 1 (note the four alignment pins in the corners around the coin). The second part is a plastic border thatwraps around the edge of the slab and forms the raised lip that now lets the slabs stack and interlock. Other security measures taken were the addition of a barcode to the front label and a hologram to the back label. This was also the last variety that did not have the companies initials on the front label. The front label is off white with a green tinge to it. This faint green is formed by thousands of tiny green dots that are only visible under magnification. This variety was used in Oct and Nov of 1989.
This is the picture of pcgs 2 you posted some time ago.
Now the slab I have here looks like a combination of pcgs2, pcgs 3, and pcgs 4. It has the PCGS logo on top of the insert as in pcgs 3 ands pcgs 4. It also has the certification number similar to pcgs 4 in which the first number are just a tad to the left of the bar coding but has a weak font similar to pcgs 2 and not the bold font as in pcgs 4. It is also of the two piece slab construction as in pcgs 2 and pcgs 3..
I need to verify if the label is off white with a green tinge to it with the thousandsa of tiny green dots visible under magnification.
Have you received any other instance of this kind of slab? I thought I remember hearing about such a slab but now have become the owner of this one.
I will attempt to post photos.
Furthermore:
I have another PCGS slab in which the construction of the slab is a pcgs 4. Yet the label is of the pcgs 2 light font however, the first number of the certification is the same location as in pcgs 4. Is it possible that different boldnesses of the printers or inkjets were used in pcgs 4? I will also take a photo shoot of this one as well.
In your book you described pcgs 2 as: pcgs 2 This was the first attempt by pcgs to increase the security of their slabs. This is a two piece slab. The center part is the same small "rattler" shell seen on pcgs 1 (note the four alignment pins in the corners around the coin). The second part is a plastic border thatwraps around the edge of the slab and forms the raised lip that now lets the slabs stack and interlock. Other security measures taken were the addition of a barcode to the front label and a hologram to the back label. This was also the last variety that did not have the companies initials on the front label. The front label is off white with a green tinge to it. This faint green is formed by thousands of tiny green dots that are only visible under magnification. This variety was used in Oct and Nov of 1989.
This is the picture of pcgs 2 you posted some time ago.
Now the slab I have here looks like a combination of pcgs2, pcgs 3, and pcgs 4. It has the PCGS logo on top of the insert as in pcgs 3 ands pcgs 4. It also has the certification number similar to pcgs 4 in which the first number are just a tad to the left of the bar coding but has a weak font similar to pcgs 2 and not the bold font as in pcgs 4. It is also of the two piece slab construction as in pcgs 2 and pcgs 3..
I need to verify if the label is off white with a green tinge to it with the thousandsa of tiny green dots visible under magnification.
Have you received any other instance of this kind of slab? I thought I remember hearing about such a slab but now have become the owner of this one.
I will attempt to post photos.
Furthermore:
I have another PCGS slab in which the construction of the slab is a pcgs 4. Yet the label is of the pcgs 2 light font however, the first number of the certification is the same location as in pcgs 4. Is it possible that different boldnesses of the printers or inkjets were used in pcgs 4? I will also take a photo shoot of this one as well.
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