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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 8634605, member: 1765&quot;]My first reaction was that it looked like an NTC slab, but I think this is because they&#039;re transparent (assuming the fact that Beanman is clearly visible through the slabs) and they unfortunately chose an NTC color for the background of the ad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other observations:</p><ul> <li>The font used for the date/grade might not be the most legible from a distance. ICG has a big problem with legibility on slabs because of a thick font on a background with a pattern. It also needs to be a font that supports Greek and Cyrillic character sets if they&#039;re going to do world coins correctly.</li> <li>The use of all-caps with a script font outside the context of a monogram is a typographic crime -- or at least something that annoys me.</li> <li>They supposedly fit in both PCGS and NGC boxes with the lid closed, which is a good thing.</li> <li>The back looks like it&#039;ll accommodate my attribution stickers, another good thing.</li> <li>I can&#039;t tell from the pictures if the lens is protected from being scratched by tabletops, glass cases, or other slabs.</li> <li>I also can&#039;t tell if they stack with PCGS or NGC slabs, although it looks like they might be designed to stack with PCGS.</li> <li>I imagine the first samples will be available from China about when the real ones start hitting the market, if not sooner.</li> <li>Can&#039;t tell from the photos how easy they&#039;ll be to crack open.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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