Opinions Of ICG?

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Originally posted by mishap-coins

Watching HSN the man on there repeatedly said the coins that they have graded ! Not that they have had the coins graded.
Does this mean they themselves graded the coins, if so it could be that ICG is selling these First Day of Issue coins not to be repeated.

Set of 4 gold coins for over $3500 with a limit of only 1934 or so at these grades of 70 ever and the presale of silver eagles ms 70 of 15000 available for 89 plus shipping each.

Was interesting to of heard this. Coins that they have graded.

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mishap,
I believe they were say "we" because Kieth Love,President of ICG,was on the show.Keith said that ICG had graded all the coins.

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Originally posted by Morgan Fred

I'm pleased to see ICG get a little press, even if it's through HSN. It's gotten a bad rap over the years and needs to get itself pulled up higher in the food chain although I'm not certain plastering MS-70 labels on modern coins is the way to do it.

http://www.icgcoin.com/

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I agree Fred. Honestly,I trust ICG's grading more than ANACS but ANACS still seems to be one step above ICG when It somes to resale.That might change over time with the upheaval going on within ANACS. The 4 free submissions from ICG has to worth something.I think they are trying to get the recognition they deserve. If a number of people take them up on the free submission offer,I think you will start to see more of all types of coin graded by ICG.

I think that's probably what they were aiming at with this offer. With the 14,000+ ICG MS70 Silver Eagles sold lastnight,they gave out roughly 56,000 free coin submissions.

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Originally posted by airedale

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Originally posted by TLS5933

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Originally posted by Morgan Fred

I'm pleased to see ICG get a little press, even if it's through HSN. It's gotten a bad rap over the years and needs to get itself pulled up higher in the food chain although I'm not certain plastering MS-70 labels on modern coins is the way to do it.

http://www.icgcoin.com/

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I agree Fred. Honestly,I trust ICG's grading more than ANACS but ANACS still seems to be one step above ICG when It somes to resale.That might change over time with the upheaval going on within ANACS. The 4 free submissions from ICG has to worth something.I think they are trying to get the recognition they deserve. If a number of people take them up on the free submission offer,I think you will start to see more of all types of coin graded by ICG.

I think that's probably what they were aiming at with this offer. With the 14,000+ ICG MS70 Silver Eagles sold lastnight,they gave out roughly 56,000 free coin submissions.

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I wonder if the 4 free submissions are really free or that you may to submit them with 4 paid submissions to get the deal?

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airdale, they are actually free.They said exactly what the offer was.All your required to pay is the shipping.Also,you received 4 free submissions per Silver Eagle purchase. so if you bought 4 coins you would receive 16 free submissions.I wonder how many dealers took them up on this?
Terry

It's interesting that this topic was started not long ago. I just got off the phone with James Taylor who has now resumed his position as President of ICG.

As a result, I think that ICG will be a company to watch. James brought ICG into the top tier before he went to ANACS. Now that he has returned, it should be interesting to see what happens. They have a very good bunch of graders there and I think they could possibly clinch the 3rd TPG position if marketed correctly.

There was a time when I feel that ICG was overgrading moderns, but I have seen that with PCGS and NGC also. We're hoping that James will come back on CC sometime in the future to give us some insights into ICG and what to expect. He just started back there, so it won't be a for a while.

Here is a link to the thread about James leaving ANACS:
https://goccf.com/t/9054

I posted in that thread after I spoke with James on the telephone. He left for personal reasons and on very good terms.

He was intending to retire, but was offered his old position at ICG. I do not know the circumstances at ICG that allowed them to offer him this position or what happened to the previous President. I only know that he sounds very happy.

When James left ICG, Keith Love took on the position of President along with everything else he was already doing. I'm thinking that Keith was pretty relieved to get back into the shop when James returned.

Wowser. Are the ANA completely out of touch? Also,

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...if XYZ grading service has an inadvertent loophole in their guarantee that does not cover authenticity.....

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Did anybody else catch that little zing?

One thing I'll say for ICG - a guy over at NGC's board once tried to stump them on their guarantee to slab/authenticate *anything*, and failed until he submitted a wooden nickel, if I recall correctly.

The first slabbed coin I ever bought was ICG 2001 ASE. Shortly after purchasing, the little label became dislodged and I ended up breaking the slab open and taking the coin out. Probably will never buy ICG again.