PCGS slabs - Could they have been better?

MrEureka

Is there anything about the PCGS holder that you would have designed differently?

Steve27

1) They should have used a different plastic, which doesn't scratch so easily.

2) The slab should be small enough so that you can feel the weight of the coin and not the slab.

3) The bar code should be on the reverse.

4) The rubber ring inside the slab, which actually holds the coin, should have been be designed so that the coin can be inserted with out being touched by the worker's hands (i.e. no fingerprints on coins).

ms70

<< <i>4) The rubber ring inside the slab, which actually holds the coin, should have been be designed so that the coin can be inserted with out being touched by the worker's hands (i.e. no fingerprints on coins). >>



Amen to that!

magikbilly

Hi,
my main complaint, and perhaps the most easily remedied, is that the "windows" that show the coin are not recessed enough and scratch so easily. If these areas were protected, as is the areas above the paper insert which remains relatively scratch free, it would not abrade so easily and the life of the slab would be increased, as well as making examination of the coin inside easier. I also think they should come in a little cloth pouch that could be used to safely buff it. What do people use to polish slabs in need of a shine?

Best,
Billy

fivecents

The barcode should be on the back. It would be nice if you could read the label from the top of the slab(like SEGS).
PCGS should bring back the prestige slab(an updated version) for a very limited peroid of time. I think alot of people have special coins they would have holdered in the prestige slabs.

291fifth

They should be the size of the ANACS slab. The current size takes up too much room in safe deposit boxes and when being transported.

keoj

I agree with the comments above....

- Size is too big (hard to display a pile of coins)
- Would be nice to see the date on the edge (SEGS)
- Surfaces get sctrached
- Too bad someone hasn't figured out how to display an edge (even it was partial) of the coin

IMO, a combo or the ANACS and SEGS slabs would be perfect.

keoj

dorkkarl

the pcgs holder cannot be improved. neither can the ngc or anacs, or that of any other plastic co. for that matter.

K S

Catch22

I like them, but would like to see them smaller.

Merc

I would love it if the holders could also show the rims. Lettered edges are very interesting with the bust coinage. It is a shame to cover them up.

flaminio

<< <i>They should be the size of the ANACS slab. The current size takes up too much room in safe deposit boxes and when being transported. >>

The limiting factor is the $50 PanPac commems. The slabs have to be big enough to hold those suckers; ANACS' are too small for them, and have abdicated that (admittedly small) market.

The label design sucks, IMHO. Bad font, bad composition, bad everything. NGC is currently the prettiest with their new font; ANACS is the most businesslike and functional.

The little curves on ICG slabs are nice, too. Good for gripping.

And the top-labels on SEGS -- makes it easy to see what you've got when they're in the box.

stujoe

<< <i>
- Too bad someone hasn't figured out how to display an edge (even it was partial) of the coin

>>



Someone has.

http://www.dcgscoins.com/page=holder.htm

It even comes with little display footsies.



There's also a coin holder that does this too but I can't remember the name of it.

ScarsdaleCoin

the holder with the rim looks like a picture of a person with their stomach hanging out!