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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;christopherw303, post: 763118, member: 22177&quot;]All of the comments made thus far in this thread have been very good, however I have a few points to add. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think that first of all, in order to remain competitive, PCGS needs to introduce some of the innovations which have already been seen from the NGC in recent years. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Particularly, I&#039;d love to see PCGS holders in multiple sizes, to accomodate coins larger than 1 oz. which are now becoming quite popular amongst collectors. My particular favorite coin type to collect is the 2 oz. Silver proof, and based on auction prices for these coins, there seems to be a lot of demand for them. Of course, 2 oz., 5 oz., 12 oz. and Kilo size coins will all require different-sized slabs, and the task of introducting them all simultaneously might prove to be a logistical nightmare, for both PCGS and the manufacturers of display cases and carriers for these slabs. If I were David Hall, I would be making a staged roll-out of larger sized slabs, with for instance 2 and 5 oz -sized slabs being introduced first, and then larger slabs being rolled out at some point down the road.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Second, I would like also to see the option of having more information about the coins printed on the tags-- for instance, it would be nice to see the weight of the coin, the metal content, the fineness of the coin, plus maybe even the tare weight of the holder itself, printed underneath the other information that is already there. While not all coin collectors would need or want to see this information, perhaps this could be introduced as an option.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Third, and finally, I do believe that the temptation to counterfeit PCGS slabs will continue to rise, and that PCGS needs to act quickly to make their slabs more secure. One possible way of doing this could be with RFID technology, as has been suggested earler in the forum. Although digital signatures from RFID tags can be captured and reproduced, to do so would require, among other things, actual possession of the original coin slab. Moreover, with an internet-connected network of RFID scanners at authorized PCGS dealers world-wide, any fakes which were in circulation would eventually be detected as duplicates in the network.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I anxiously await the coming annoucements form the PCGS. Although I disagree strongly with their recent Guarantee changes, particularly the Guarantee reduction for Chinese Coins, I for one will likely remain a PCGS member for a long time. Despite their high cost and slow turn-around time, I for one still believe that they are the best- and comparing auction results from otherwise identical coins which have been graded by their competitors, I know that there are plenty of other coin collectors out there who feel the same way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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