My old holder collection
NGC Gen 5 Holder

Owner Comments:

Conder101 reports this generation 5 holder was possibly used from 1992 thru 1995, but this is just a guess. The generation 5 holder is the most commonly encountered old "fatty" style of holder. The biggest change between generations 4 and 5 is the addition of a readable barcode to the obverse label. This change was adopted due to, and to combat, continued issues with counterfeiting.

Another coin in my collection, just a very small chip missing from the bottom of the reverse hologram, doesn't affect any of the letters. A tougher early branch mint Lincoln cent that I purchased in late 1999, now wearing a CAC green bean.