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Speciality Graders Of Ancient Chinese Coins- Any Out There?

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 Posted 05/16/2026  10:47 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add LandonM to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
What TPGs are competently authenticating this sort of thing?
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 Posted 05/16/2026  11:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add livingwater to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As far as I know the only major company that grades ancient coins is NGC. They do ancient Greek and Roman coins. They grade world coins including Chinese but I don't know how far back they go. Ask them. You could find a competent ancient Chinese coins dealer that might examine a coin, give you a certificate of authenticity for a fee though that's not the same as grading/slabbing.

Here's one on ebay, NGC goes back at least this far:

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PCGS recently commenced its "ancient coin grading" division - https://www.pcgs.com/ancients - which is somewhat of a misnomer since the only "ancient coins" they are currently grading are Chinese cash coins, and even these only going back as far as the Ming Dynasty - so that the Song Dynasty coin in livingwater's example would be too old to qualify. The service is only available through their Shanghai office.
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There are a couple of Chinese companies offering TPG for Chinese coins, but beyond a limited presence on the web in English, I know nothing.

I would suggest starting on ebay in the appropriate categories and see what services are being offered for sale, then following that to their websites.
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