Question about a PCGS slab
Dennis88
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Here's one I'm very curious about.
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This world coin is dated prior to 1965. As a result, it should have been submitted under the secure plus service level for a $5 extra fee. This is a PCGS requirement that has been in place for quite some time.
This coin is graded recently, as can be seen by the slab serial number as well as the dots in the plastic, which indicates a very recent slab. It's one of the hybrids with the old hologram on the back. I've noticed PCGS appears to have been using up the old holograms for world coins while using the new (Dupont) holograms for US coins. Nothing wrong with that, of course, and in the future it could help us identify more precisely when a world coin was actually graded.
Now my question is, why is this not a Secure Plus coin?
Dennis
PS to make it at least a bit coin-related: albeit dated 1790 these were actually struck as late as the 1840s with backdated dies. The VOC (Dutch East India Company) went bankrupt in 1799 but their monogram was so well known and accepted that the Dutch Mint continued to use it for almost half a century.
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This world coin is dated prior to 1965. As a result, it should have been submitted under the secure plus service level for a $5 extra fee. This is a PCGS requirement that has been in place for quite some time.
This coin is graded recently, as can be seen by the slab serial number as well as the dots in the plastic, which indicates a very recent slab. It's one of the hybrids with the old hologram on the back. I've noticed PCGS appears to have been using up the old holograms for world coins while using the new (Dupont) holograms for US coins. Nothing wrong with that, of course, and in the future it could help us identify more precisely when a world coin was actually graded.
Now my question is, why is this not a Secure Plus coin?
Dennis
PS to make it at least a bit coin-related: albeit dated 1790 these were actually struck as late as the 1840s with backdated dies. The VOC (Dutch East India Company) went bankrupt in 1799 but their monogram was so well known and accepted that the Dutch Mint continued to use it for almost half a century.
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Personally, I believe each slab should have a date of slabbing on it as well as the initials of the graders.
The holder was introduced very recently, as in this year.
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<< <i>The secureplus requirement has been in use for well over a year, I don't remember exactly but it might even have been two years.
The holder was introduced very recently, as in this year. >>
I guess when you're my age, a year doesn't seem to be a very long time.