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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1270741, member: 29751&quot;]Firstly rev1774, VERY NICE purchase.&nbsp; To be able to buy a coin with a mintage of less than 12,000 for $90 is a great deal (in my opinion).&nbsp; I love the proof mercs.&nbsp; As for the slab, yours is an older fatty slab with no bar code encoding of the certification number.&nbsp; They were released sometime in August of 1989, and the style was used up until sometime in 1992.&nbsp; According to folks I have seen post before, these were originally all issued with a label in a light brown color.&nbsp; Exposure to light causes some to change to green, and others to change to an almost gray color.&nbsp; Experts insist that NGC never actually purposefully made a green label.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I was only 10 years old in 1989, so I wasn&#039;t involved in the markets then and can&#039;t corroborate that story. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless, these types of slabs do have a bit of a psychological effect on people&#039;s perception of the grading standards at the time.&nbsp; Old No-line fatties carry a bit of a premium themselves, but none of the slab premiums are really excessive.&nbsp; I mean, we are talking about maybe a 10% over FMV premium or less.&nbsp; And, if it is a slab collector paying the premium, the hologram on the reverse needs to be fully in tact and no large scratches or abrasions on the plastic. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice Merc though! :thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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