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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LuxUnit, post: 4585344, member: 90324&quot;]I recently went to a coin shop today that had a really unique looking slab. If course I&#039;d never heard of it but the coin was beautiful and it was cheap so I snagged it. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a NCI 1880-S 65/65 Morgan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135599[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1135600[/ATTACH] </p><p>I didn&#039;t know what the company was so when I got home I looked it up.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&quot;NCI - Numismatic Certification Institute</b></p><p>In the early 1980&#039;s Ivy and Jim Harpin merged their talents to form Heritage Rare Coin Galleries, today Haritage Auctions. Heritage launched its own grading service. Numismatic Certification Institute. After PCGS got going NCI was closed down. This company was took to court due to the holder&#039;s and label&#039;s similarities with Heritage&#039;s slabs, but references to this are no longer available.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Something cool is that they graded both the obverse and reverse differently. Hence the 65/65.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each coin would come with a certificate and imaging and the coin would be in a flip stapled to the certificate (see below). Unfortunately, mine did not have a certificate. In the mid 80&#039;s they switched to slabs. But shortly after switching (1-2 years) they shut down so the slabs are apparently slightly scarce. I normally would consider this a third party grading company. But seeing as ANACS was the only other reputable grader of the time, and that it was started by someone who is still selling thousands of coins today, I see this as a really cool part of grading history that lead to where we are today. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1135610[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has more info on the slab or the company please share. There is very little information anywhere about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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