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The outside plastic is actually a frame for the slab and it was added as an anticounterfeiting security feature. (View Post)

Under "resources", PCGS Coin Facts has a section called "Museum of Coin Holders" with pics of the front and back of each generation of PCGS coin slab and the time period when they… (View Post)

There was a lot of shenanigans by mint employees who struck rare coins for personal profit using mint equipment and supplies in the late 1960's and early 1970's. They were called "the … (View Post)

This is a legitimate concern. Several years ago, PCGS slabbed several 1896, 1900 and 1902 Morgan dollars all with the micro-O mintmark that were later determined to be counterfeit. PCGS issued a Publ… (View Post)

How bad are the scratches? There are dozens of threads here discussing how slabs were restored to like new condition by polishing out the scratches. (View Post)