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Irritated by the new generation of NGC slabs

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  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: CoinRaritiesOnline
    I like it. I believe their reason for doing it was to allow more room for text on the label.


    Or a sticker...
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Make room for a sticker. image That's the ticket.
  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,578 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the new labels. No particular reason why, they just seem a bit more appealing to me.

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I didn't like them, at all, when they were first introduced, but I don't mind them as much, now.



    I'll take them just as long as the coin inside is nice.

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,043 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Makes no difference to me what so ever. It just doesn't matter.
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  • oldlinecoinsoldlinecoins Posts: 183 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: BarberFanatic

    Originally posted by: oldlinecoins

    I don't like the left text either. The info on the label is the main attraction and thus should be centered. Too much open space on the label with the left text.




    And here all this time I thought the coin was the main attraction.




    ha Of course the coin is the main attraction of the entire slab but we were talking about the label and the new text alignment. The coin is not placed inside the label! image

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To be clear to all the rest of you old crotchety collectors (like me): I'm not talking about the aesthetic of the slab. I don't really care about them, either.

    What I care about is this new thing we got called the internet. And how a standard has developed here and in other venues over many years and thousands of participants for sharing information and images about the coins we love, collect, buy & sell.

    That standard so many of us have adopted is the Obverse/Reverse/Insert format. Scan the thousands of posts here and abroad and you'll see it's a thing.

    These new inserts don't allow for that standard. At least, not without substantial changes to it.

    Arguing it's the coin and not the slab is not germane to this discussion, unless you never look at images of coins online.
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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    At least they didn't "upgrade" their forum software. image
  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: topstuf
    At least they didn't "upgrade" their forum software. image


    It's pending, Arch is diligently working on it...as far as the label goes, meh.

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