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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2745530, member: 59677&quot;]It definitely meets the definition of &quot;promotional&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=33103]@Davidschwager[/USER] did not include it in the 2nd edition, in fact there are no PCI 5c slabs in the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other style, from [USER=22377]@ddddd[/USER] is in the book, two forms, both labeled as samples. PCI-001-9-1 and PCI-001-9-2.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some additional history from [USER=66]@Conder101[/USER]: <a href="http://goccf.com/t/65529#517614" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://goccf.com/t/65529#517614" rel="nofollow">http://goccf.com/t/65529#517614</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly when Brian Beardsley died, there were serious problems at PCI, leading up to the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinlink.com/News/coin-grading-authentication/pci-to-be-sold-at-auction-january-16th/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinlink.com/News/coin-grading-authentication/pci-to-be-sold-at-auction-january-16th/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinlink.com/News/coin-grading-authentication/pci-to-be-sold-at-auction-january-16th/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>DGS: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dominiongrading.com/index.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dominiongrading.com/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dominiongrading.com/index.cfm</a></p><p>PCI/Sunset: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101101000000*/http://www.sunsetcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101101000000*/http://www.sunsetcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20101101000000*/http://www.sunsetcoins.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Subsequently, PCI &#039;revived&#039; the green label in 2010/2011 (you can tell because the micro-printed green box is blobs instead of PCI PCI PCI). That was purely fraud - <a href="http://www.coinweek.com/coin-clubs/coin-dealer-pci-hit-for-nearly-2-million-under-federal-racketeering-laws/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/coin-clubs/coin-dealer-pci-hit-for-nearly-2-million-under-federal-racketeering-laws/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinweek.com/coin-clubs/coin-dealer-pci-hit-for-nearly-2-million-under-federal-racketeering-laws/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And they are still in business (not sure who bought them or when), with what I call the bullet train logo labels (I&#039;ve been casually tracking the high serial # just to see how active they are), e.g.: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/182505701919" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/182505701919" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/182505701919</a> (so between 2012 and 2016, 10K coins)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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