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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2444700, member: 77639&quot;]I&#039;m personally interested only in U.S. coin slabs and am not concerned about oversize, over-thick slabs. Have recently tried NGC, PCGS and Whitman plastic slab boxes.&nbsp; None is really satisfactory.&nbsp; Best solution for now is heavy-duty (black) cardboard boxes with paper wadding or plastic foam to reduce rattling.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; NGC silver:&nbsp; No padding.&nbsp; Hold NGC slabs fine.&nbsp; They are too narrow side-to-side to hold newer PCGS slabs at any point along their length.&nbsp; The fins on the slots are too short to keep old green PCGS slabs from twisting out of position, but they are better than Whitman and PCGS boxes in this regard.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; PCGS blue: No padding. Hold newer PCGS slabs fine.&nbsp; Hold NGC slabs loosely.&nbsp; Fins on the slots are too short to keep old green PCGS slabs from twisting out of position.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Whitman blue:&nbsp; Have top and bottom padding, which reduces rattling. Holds newer PCGS slabs so tightly that the last three slots on each end cannot be used.&nbsp; Putting newer PCGS slabs in other slots expands the sides a bit, which makes the lid fit so tightly that it is difficult to remove. Holds NGC slabs very tightly in the end slots and firmly in the others. Fins on the slots are too short to keep old green PCGS slabs from twisting out of position.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would not be difficult to make a plastic box that will hold all standard NGC and PCGS slabs, past and present.&nbsp; The box needs to be wide enough side to side to accommodate the widest slab (newer PCGS slabs), tall enough to accommodate the tallest slab (NGC), have slot width to accommodate the thickest slab (NGC or newer PCGS) and slot fins long enough that the smallest slabs (old green PCGS) won&#039;t twist out.&nbsp; It should also have foam padding on the inside top and&nbsp; bottom.&nbsp; Padding on the fins would be nice, but more difficult to manufacture and replace.&nbsp; All plastic should be inert (i.e. not out-gas chemicals).&nbsp; An option for a stainless steel hinge on one end and stainless steel latch on the other would be nice.&nbsp; Any hardware should be easily removed.&nbsp; Sizes should be for 10, 20 or 40 (double-row) slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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