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Pillar of the Community
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I agree with your ranking on all counts.
Of course, counterfeit slabs are getting better every day so what's the next step? Laser-etching coins?
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Pillar of the Community
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Good luck trying to crack open a SEGS slab.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'd rate the TPGs this way -
First tier - PCGS and NGC
Second tier - ANACS and ICG
Third tier - SEGS and PCI
Most other grading services other than the 6 mentioned are basement slabbing companies. For grading I would agree. For attribution and varieties I'd rank them First tier SEGS and ANACS Second tier ICG and PCI Third tier PCGS and then NGC. NGC actually does a better job, but they won't guarantee their attributions and PCGS does. Edited by Conder101
11/19/2018 10:45 pm
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I know Mr. Briggs. I don't know any of the SEGS graders. Anyone who says SEGS is a terrible grading service is TOTALLY uninformed. While they are not considered to be on the same level as the top four, they have a following and are a competent TPGS.
As a retired old dealer, I consider myself a pretty good coin grader. The truth is there are nice, correctly graded coins in SEGS holders and there are others. That is also the case with EACH OF THE TOP FOUR SERVICES.
If you know what you are doing, you'll be fine buying ANY slab. Would I give SEGS any business? NO, but only because my coins would be worth more in one of the top four slabs.
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How do I quote a post as Conder just did please.
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Bedrock of the Community
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SEGS graded coins are probably no worse than some of the grades I see in PCGS and NGC holders.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would rank them:
PCGS
NGC
ANACS
SEGS/ICG
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Valued Member
United States
284 Posts |
Bump
Any recent updates on SEGS?
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Pillar of the Community
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NECRO POST ALERT 2018 THREAD SEGS as we knew it is DEAD. SEGS 2021 INC is a NJ registered business. The IP is reportedly owned by "Key Date Coins", a prolific auction seller based in New Jersey, and functions as a FPG, not a TPG. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Agreed @BStrauss3 Thank you for the feedback. Their address goes to a UPS store in NJ. Once you submit your coins, there is no way to track them. They don't return phone calls or e-mails! They had my coins for "FIVE" months!!! I started a small clams against them and surprisingly my coins just showed up one day! Other then that, they are great! Forget the grading, I like the slabs.
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Bedrock of the Community
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After Larry Briggs sold off SEGS years ago they went down hill. Their grading quality declined, and their attribution accuracy of varieties really took a hit. The net result was the marketability of coins in a SEGS slab took another hit dropping to not much more than the basement slabs. Frankly I wasn't sure the company was/is still around.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's not "still around" it's a 1st party grader for a sketchy coin dealer.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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After Larry Briggs sold off SEGS years ago they went down hill Other coin boards indicate that this happened around the onset of COVID. Does anyone here have a more definite timing? Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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SEGS as we knew it is DEAD. SEGS 2021 INC is a NJ registered business. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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