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Do you like the PCGS holder?

BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
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Many folks are complaining about the new ANACS holder - the label's ugly, it's too easy to crack, etc.

Speaking of too easy to crack, is the PCGS holder too hard to crack?
Considering the inconsistency of their grading and how their coins are always being cracked out and resubmitted, should it be easier? Is someone going to lose an eye one day from a flying plastic shard?

I don't know about the news ANACS holders as I don't own any yet, but both the old ANACS and NGC holders are very easy to crack down the seam, or close to it, without plastic flying everywhere. Is that the way it should be?

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the holder the best of all. It is sleek, it stacks, and the insert is far less obtrusive than those of its main competitor.

    Is someone going to lose an eye one day from a flying plastic shard?

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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭


    << <i>When it happens, you can write it up. Perhaps, you can also be a witness for the plaintiff. image >>




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  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    It's all fun and games til someone loses and eye.

  • billboatbillboat Posts: 2,260
    I think they should have zippers.
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  • UncleWigglyUncleWiggly Posts: 2,467
    No I don't. The only holder I like is SEGS.



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  • ss350camaross350camaro Posts: 4,529
    I like SEGS the best, PCGS second


  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The current PCGS holder is great. I like the design & style of it. It's not a distracting type of holder. IMO.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,342 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PCGS and NGC holders are larger than necessary. I prefer the old ANACS holders.




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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,179 ✭✭✭
    I like the ANACS older holders the best.
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  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,054 ✭✭✭
    PCGS Holder Are The Best! image

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  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    my postman dropped one of my packages on the road and ran over it with the jeep...broke the slab cleanly in half!

    so they aren't too hard to crack out!

    inconvienent though....now when i want to crack one out ...i need a postal jeep.image
  • EJBEJB Posts: 640
    ....I lke SEGS holders, untill I have to crack one. IMO they are the hardest of all to crack out..........
  • CharlieBCharlieB Posts: 441 ✭

    I certainly like the PCGS holder over NGC because NGC hides the edge.
    I want to inspect that part just like the rest of the coin.
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  • CharlieBCharlieB Posts: 441 ✭
    I certainly like the PCGS holder over NGC because for one reason,
    NGC hides the edge of a coin. I want to inspect all aspects of a coin.
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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,179 ✭✭✭
    After my last submission to NGC I doubt I will ever submit a coin to them again.
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  • HoshiShojuHoshiShoju Posts: 49
    I hate NGC holders. Recently, I cracked out a 1900 O morgan, and did it so flawlessly and perfectly, that I stuck a horrid AG 1900 O in the slab and pressed it back together. As long as it wasn't handled roughly, I was able to convince 2 dealers that's the way it came, because of the lack of damage to the slab. One dealer dropped it, and it "popped" open a little. If someone were so inclined, they could do all kinds of bad bad things with NGC slabs and rip people off.

    PCGS is ok, but SEGS is the best slab in the biz (If only it were as small as the old ANACS holder).
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,342 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>After my last submission to NGC I doubt I will ever submit a coin to them again. >>



    Why? What happened?



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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A crystal clear insert-sort of like the real old holders but not rigid-would look good. Makes the coin look like it's floating in mid-air. Otherwise I like the holder-only SEGS has a better one.
  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭


    << <i>PCGS and NGC holders are larger than necessary. I prefer the old ANACS holders. >>

    The limiting factor on holder size is the $50 PanPacs -- PCGS and NGC holders are just big enough to holder those monsters. Old-skool ANACS holders are too small for them.

    Not that that is much of an issue for me, however...

    As far as the PCGS holder itself, I like the holder, but (as usual) I hate the label. Times New Roman Bold has got to be one of the ugliest fonts ever created. The only way it could be worse would be if they replaced it with Comic Sans.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I like PCGS holders better than NGC, but I like the old ANACS holders better than either.

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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    "I like the holder the best of all. It is sleek, it stacks, and the insert is far less obtrusive than those of its main competitor."

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  • KipKip Posts: 852


    << <i>Many folks are complaining about the new ANACS holder - the label's ugly, it's too easy to crack, etc.

    Speaking of too easy to crack, is the PCGS holder too hard to crack?
    Considering the inconsistency of their grading and how their coins are always being cracked out and resubmitted, should it be easier? Is someone going to lose an eye one day from a flying plastic shard?

    The new PCGS slabs will have zippersimage
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  • BurksBurks Posts: 1,103 ✭
    1. Old ANACS
    2. Current NGC
    3. Current PCGS
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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,062 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Do you like the PCGS holder? >>

    I do.
  • JadeRareCoinJadeRareCoin Posts: 2,768 ✭

    PCGS has the best holder on the market. My opinion factors in plastic quality, aesthetic design, label format, stacking and storage. Overall, it is just the most professional looking holder on the market. Not that I am a fan of slabs, but if I had to chose one, it would be PCGS.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,342 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1. Old ANACS
    2. Current NGC
    3. Current PCGS >>



    I agree with NGC and PCGS running a distant second and third place.



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  • MajorDutyMajorDuty Posts: 1,998


    << <i>PCGS and NGC holders are larger than necessary. I prefer the old ANACS holders. >>



    You can all start your laughing once I hit the post button. I actually kind of like *cough*ACG*cough**cough* holders because they are relatively small when compared to NGC and PCGS. A lot of people have commented how they like the smaller holders. Also, just about everybody poo poo's ACG, so if you concentrate on the coin and not the holder, you can often get some decent deals because many people won't give ACG the time of day. I only have a handful of those holders, but I'm happy with every coin within them. Their grading does not seem totally out of whack. I've seen more discrepancies in coins slabbed by ANACS. ACG slabs stack on to PCGS slabs fairly nicely too; they fit right in the middle of the PCGS raised rim. Not much of a selling point but it's a reality. My most recent PCGS purchase I'm rather disappointed with. I think he coin is over graded by a solid point....

    But yes, I do like the PCGS slabs, to answer the question. I'm starting to like NGC better though. If I'm planning on popping the coin out, and the coin I want is available in the new ANACS holders, I'll buy that one because I can sneeze on it and break it open.
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I like PCGS. I also like old ANACS.
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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭


    << <i>many people won't give ACG the time of day >>

    I have other reasons for not giving ACG the time of day than the coin trapped within.
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    It's all fun and games til someone loses and eye.

    That made me laugh at loud...... image

    I do like the old anacs holders best, like many others. I have a fascination with old holders in general. The pcgs holder is fine, but there's something about all of the angles that I don't really like....
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  • MajorDutyMajorDuty Posts: 1,998


    << <i>

    << <i>many people won't give ACG the time of day >>

    I have other reasons for not giving ACG the time of day than the coin trapped within. >>



    Bad service? Got burned on something? My only experience with them is buying them from others.
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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Bad service? Got burned on something? My only experience with them is buying them from others. >>

    Are you not aware of the whole ACG unpleasantness of the past few years? The Hagars named me in their lawsuits, and cost me thousands of dollars in legal fees. I want nothing to do with any of their products and services.
  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    I am still waiting for the Weissco Spinner Slabs. I could finally read the entire edge lettering on my Busties.image

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  • AZLARRYAZLARRY Posts: 1,189 ✭✭
    I like the small ANACS holders the best, I think SEGS has the second best. The PCGS slab is fine, easy to view and a clean insert.
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