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Valued Member
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Trying to Learn why some auctions note in auction title "old green label". Some also say "old rattler" slabs? Are those older green label and rattler coins more valuable because PCGS was theoretically more liberal graders back then and a better possibility of resubmission upgrade? Does NGC have similar issues? Are those older labels more likely to be fakes.
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Bedrock of the Community
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In THEORY the services were less strict back then, BUT most of the old label holders have been picked over several times since then and almost everything that upgrade has already been resubmitted. If something that was put away back in the mid 1980's come on the market for the first time there MAY be upgrame potential there. But since you typically won't know if the coins are "fresh" or not, the sellers will mention the old holder labels hoping to get people to bid higher hoping they have upgrade potential. So it used to be a serious concern which today is just marketing. And yes the allure of old holders works for NGC and ANACS as well because they were also less strict in their early days..
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Pillar of the Community
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The rattler slabs are actually older than the OGH ones. You can learn more about the different slabs PCGS used over the years here... https://www.PCGS.com/holders |
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Pillar of the Community
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In THEORY the services were less strict back then, BUT most of the old label holders have been picked over several times since then and almost everything that upgrade has already been resubmitted.  Didn't you mean that grading was more strict in the early days? Isn't this why folks look for early graded coins that would grade higher with today's less strict standards? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The only actual advantage (aside from if you just like that holder better) is that the old holders show a coin is stable. So that is an advantage for red copper as one instance. Many of the designations like cam/dcam though were a looser then so they may or may not be that today.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Didn't you mean that grading was more strict in the early days? Isn't this why folks look for early graded coins that would grade higher with today's less strict standards? Your right, had it backwards. |
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Many of the designations like cam/dcam though were a looser then so they may or may not be that today. As well as PL and DMPL designations. |
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Pillar of the Community
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PCGS green holder proof 66 cam, I feel it should have been deep cam.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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The switch to market grading may have something to do with the preference for the older slabs. The grades on the older ones don't seem to deviate from technical grade as radically as on some more recent holders I've seen.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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If the photo of the 54 Half is accurate, I'd say CAM is fair ; sorry.
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Posted 11/19/2019 3:42 pm
