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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2167132, member: 29751"]It's not DNA. It's some sort of fluorescing plastic additive. I promise you it is NOT a biological material like DNA -- which would degrade over time, and from light exposure, but would also not be suitable to maintain inertness. The "DNA" language is Don Willis' attempt to "sex up" the holder by using marketing spin buzz words like "DNA". In his defense, Don Willis also appropriately refers to it as a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taggant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taggant" rel="nofollow"><b>taggant</b></a>", which is basically some sort of additive to the plastic which can only be "seen" or "detected" by a special machine or under special lighting. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is <b>NOT</b> an RFID chip (or any other type of chip) in the holder, as was suggested by [USER=10328]@jello[/USER] . No where has PCGS suggested that the holder contains an embedded chip of any kind. The full information was released <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/security" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/security" rel="nofollow">here</a> more than a week ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2167132, member: 29751"]It's not DNA. It's some sort of fluorescing plastic additive. I promise you it is NOT a biological material like DNA -- which would degrade over time, and from light exposure, but would also not be suitable to maintain inertness. The "DNA" language is Don Willis' attempt to "sex up" the holder by using marketing spin buzz words like "DNA". In his defense, Don Willis also appropriately refers to it as a "[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taggant'][B]taggant[/B][/URL]", which is basically some sort of additive to the plastic which can only be "seen" or "detected" by a special machine or under special lighting. There is [B]NOT[/B] an RFID chip (or any other type of chip) in the holder, as was suggested by [USER=10328]@jello[/USER] . No where has PCGS suggested that the holder contains an embedded chip of any kind. The full information was released [URL='http://www.pcgs.com/security']here[/URL] more than a week ago.[/QUOTE]
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