NTC 1

All three known NTC sample slab varieties have Mint State Massachusetts quarters in them. NTC 1 can easily be recognized from the others by the smaller label that leaves extra clear plastic around the borders of the slab shell. The barcode is on the front, but slightly smaller than the next two types.

NTC 1.1

This sample has the same small label as NTC 1 but has a proof coin inside! There is no grade but does have "DC" after "PR00". I want to think "DC" stands for Deep Cameo, but I'm not sure because the coin does not look Deep Cameo at all to me, let alone Cameo. They could have thought it was DCAM though since alot of their grading is off anyways. As of right now, this is the hardest sample of the whole NTC series to find!

NTC 2

When NTC changed their label to the larger format, the sample slabs changed also. The placement of the numbers and words are the same, but the barcode is slightly smaller and thicker. “Sample” appears in two separate places like NTC 1. The slab label looks much better in my opinion with the larger label format.

NTC 3

The latest sample slab to come out of NTC is the “Genuine” sample. It too has a Massachusetts quarter but the word “sample” was changed to “Mass. Sample” and the top line now has the coins date, mintmark and denomination whereas before they just put “00”. The Genuine slab came about in early 2003, when NTC began slabbing problem coins (Cleaned, AT etc.) as genuine without a grade. This is the sample variety NTC is passing out at shows.