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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;airedale, post: 434882, member: 4695&quot;]I think slabs are good for protection and authentication. I miss the PCI graded coins, every now and again you could find a real gem. But because of the constant negative PR by primarily 2 classes of people the price was beaten down to the point you could almost purchase the PCI coin at face or melt. I believe those 2 classes of people are/were; 1. Crack Out artists who wanted the coins for themselves to play the crack out game. 2. People who were gambling their life savings or a good part of them on coins slabbed by companies who offer a registry and could not bear the thought that any competition could exist. I will continue to believe that PCI, in any color holder, out performed ICG.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this statement by Jeff Werlin is &quot; for the ages. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>REGARDING PCI CERTIFIED COINS</p><p><br /></p><p>PCI grading standard is generally not as strict as that of PCGS or NGC. Accordingly, these coins sell at substantial discounts to the prices of comparable coins from PCGS or NGC. At these reduced prices, they represent excellent values and make cameo set building far more affordable. </p><p><br /></p><p>PCI supports three levels of cameo designation in order of increasing contrast: Cameo, Deep Cameo, and Ultra Cameo. Within a cameo designation level there is quite a span of contrast from the &quot;just made it&quot; coin up to the coin that &quot;just misses&quot; the next level. Prices on this listing are at or very near fair wholesale values according to the quality of each individual coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>PCI - PRE WWII CAMEO COINS </p><p><br /></p><p>Folks, these are very scarce desirable coins but to date, the collector base is tiny because they have hardly been available. Fortunately, the PCI cameo standard is reasonable for the era (unlike PCGS and NGC) which means that for those of you that want the security of 3rd party grading and holder, the supply will support your ability to collect these beauties at least a little bit better than before. Please recognize that in a PCGS holder, the prices would be 10x and more! Thats because almost no coins from this era exist with strong enough cameo contrast for the PCGS overly strict standard. If you want to collect cameos from this era because there is certainly a large jump in eye appeal over their purely brilliant counterparts, PCI certified examples are a great way to go![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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