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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2253130, member: 66"]PCGS started the First Strikes nonsense in 2005.  NGC followed suit in 2006.  Due to the lawsuit they switched to Early Release in 2007.  Beginning in I believe 2014 you could get either First Strike or Early Release. Now as to how far back you can find Early Release ASE's, you can get them all the way back to 1986 I believe.  One of the ways to get the Early Release label was to submit unopened monster boxes and if the packing label inside the box was dated before Jan 30th the coins could receive Early Release labels.  Once the Early Release fad took off a lot of dealers and hoarders started sending in their older boxes.  And since may of these boxes were packed as much as five months before the date on the coins, a lot of them were eligible for Early Release.  So you will find plenty of ER ASE's dated before 2006/07.[/QUOTE]