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Discussion of the PCGS term NUMISCAP (determined to be PCGS 4)
oreville
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I may be spelling the name incorrectly as it has been a long while since I have heard/used the term numiscap.
Hint: It has to do with PCGS.
Come on, lets see who really knows (remember) their history!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hint: It has to do with PCGS.
Come on, lets see who really knows (remember) their history!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Is this what you were looking for?
But just looking at the word, it breakes down into Numis and Cap: Numismatics Capsule.
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I am not so sure about that. I seem to recall that the second generation PCGS holder was the Numiscap slab holder as it was the one with the extra shell around the edges to make it difficult to counterfeit/switch coins.
HRH can you shed any light on this? Here's hoping you remember!!!!!
My recollection is one of the following two items:
(1) The original holder was purchased from Accugrade and the "Numiscap" was the modification to the original Accugrade holder to combine the best features of both since the original Accugrade type holder was not very tamper resistant. This is the holder I am describing:
(2) Or it is the later green insert that is of the unibody construction which was called the Numiscap holder.
NOW WHICH ONE IS THE NUMISCAP????? I do not recall.
The original PCGS holder was not purchased from Accugrade and neither was any other PCGS holder.
The term "Numiscap" was our management's attempt to get away from the slang term "slab" which reared its head in the first year we graded coins. I never had a big problem with the term slab, but others at PCGS thought it was negative. PCGS grader Jay Miller came up with the term "Numiscap" and it went over like a lead balloon.
The only thing we ever purchased from Alan Hagar was the right to use his patented "Arrowhead" holder concept on sportscard holders. We paid him a royalty for a few years.
David Hall
Oh yes, got the sportscards and coin slabs mixed up regarding Hager/Accugrade.
You wouldn't believe how versions I have heard of the numiscap story!!!!!!!!!!
But when was the numiscap term first used by PCGS? 1989? 1990?
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(just a term guys, don't read into it)
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What do you put on your NumisHead?
An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.
I found a bunch of very old bright orange PCGS mailing labels:
It stated:
G/TYPE/NUMISCAP
DEALER # ___________
CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX
G/TYPE # (an open box here) This means GOLD/TYPE
NUMISCAP HOLDER # (another open box here)
Was this giving the dealer submitter a choice between the PCGS 4 holder (numiscap) and a 2nd holder only for GOLD/TYPE (possibly the older two piece slab?) or was this simply a way of separating non gold/type from the gold/type?
I am drawing a blank here.