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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 4663890, member: 59677&quot;]Larry is correct... the first generations of PCI small slabs were pretty good.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCI - Photocertified Coin Institute was one of the earliest PhotoSlab companies (their two-compartment PhotoSlab gets around Accugrade&#039;s three-compartment patent).</p><p><br /></p><p>When Hallmark died (bankrupt? or otherwise out of business), PCI bought the rights and tooling for the small slab with the cut off corners, which they used for many many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>They originally used a green label for US coins, Blue border for foreign and Red for problem coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third (fourth? Need to check my records) ownership introduced the Gold box and market grading and that&#039;s when they went into the toilet.</p><p><br /></p><p>But both of the green label versions were pretty good, both the 10-digit serials and the 9-digit serials.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You do need to look out for a series of fraudlent green labels from the 2000s which used the wrong font AND the box on the back instead of being micro-printed PCI PCI PCI PCI is just blobs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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