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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2712707, member: 66&quot;]Yes that is a &quot;no line fattie&quot; but there were either four or five generations of holder before that one came out.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from memory, designation numbrs are those used in the book</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 1</p><p>First generation was the black insert and gold NGC logo printed on the black insert.&nbsp; Sept 1987</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 2.1</p><p>Second had white insert, plain white label, and NGC logo printed ON the white insert. late Sept or early Oct 1987 (This and the next were both during roughly a two week period until the NGC 3 labels were printed.&nbsp; It is out of order because it was discovered after the book was published.)</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 2</p><p>Third has white insert, plain white label, and NGC logo is printed on the OUTSIDE of the slab.&nbsp; Late Sept or early Oct 1987</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 3&nbsp; (Should have been two varieties, but I literally can&#039;t see the difference between them so listed them as one variety in the book.)</p><p>Fourth&nbsp; has a border around the edge of the label, and scales logo on label.&nbsp; This border was first in green and later in brown. Oct 1987 - late 1989</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 4</p><p>Fifth has the brown bordered label and a hologram on the back across it&#039;s full width instead of the printed logo.&nbsp; Late 1989 - 1992</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 5</p><p>Sixth Barcode added to the front label.&nbsp; 1992 - 1997&nbsp; This is your slab, the last of the &quot;no line fatties&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 6 insert is now keyed so a raised part of the outer shell fits into a groove in the insert.&nbsp; Edges of the slab are now beveled making it appear thinner. Part of 1997 only.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 7 Hologram size reduced to half width. 1997 - Aug 2000&nbsp; (Originally I thought they also used this form Oct 2000 - Aug 2001 but I was wrong, the hologram size was slightly different on the later ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 8 serial number is now in tiny font below the barcode Sept 2000 only.</p><p><br /></p><p>For descriptions of some of the later ones see (The images are no longer available.&nbsp; When they upgraded their forums software it broke all the links.)</p><p><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/220185/pictures-of-the-ngc-generation-slabs-long" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/220185/pictures-of-the-ngc-generation-slabs-long" rel="nofollow">https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/220185/pictures-of-the-ngc-generation-slabs-long</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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