PCGS Or NGC For CDN Colonial Tokens/Coins

I was told by a reputable dealer that PCGS is known by potential purchasers everywhere...including in particular the USA which is the biggest market. So they are the go-to for that reason. On the other hand, ICCS and CCCS both have their virtues and would definitely know your tokens better than PCGS or NGC. Though ICCS doesn't have a hard holder yet...

Those are some considerations. My policy (on those rare occasions that I go to TPG) is PCGS for something potentially worth more than $500, ICCS for something potentially worth less than that.

I agree with all Silver101 comments NCG might be the best bet for World coins I don't really collect World coins as a hobby but have acquired many through my years of collecting.

I have crack a few uncirculated NCG Canadian large cent coins out of their hard slabs and sent them to PCGS every one come back cleaned or over graded, both ANACS + ICCS I have had the same experience.

I use PCGS for all now and I feel comfortable I'm going in thr right direction

My understanding is that Louis Chevrier specialized in Canadian colonial tokens before he started CCCS. Conservative grader.

A tough question and I think it comes down to what do you want to do with your collection?

Are my coins valuable enough to slab? Is a registry set important? Keep for personal? Resell later? Keep for kids? Make easier to sell later in life?

If collection is not overly valuable, I really like quadrum 2x2. But if coins are of high value and eventual sale is goal going PCGS is a good bet, but for 50 coins, I'm guessing $3000 for PCGS, where as you can do 100 at ICCS for less than $1000.

Biggest things of PCGS I see are
+ hard slab for protection
+ registry sets (if you do that)
+ recognized and resale
+ doug robbins and other token sets to give life to PCGS market at upper end
- high cost in terms of slabbing and handling
- questionable skills at grading mid grade (15-58) coins
- coin is not very accessible for study

NGC
- similar to PCGS, but arguable not to same name recognition
- I like current PCGS slabs better in terms of look

ICCS
+ cost is amazing, especially in bulk orders
+ less storage space required
- soft holders
- lower name recognition in intl market
- coin is not accessible for detailed look/photos

I am wrestling with same issue for my collection. Doing ICCS for mid value coins (a 110 coin submission, not much of an incremental cost from 50 due to due to discount for bulk). Will be putting best in PCGS for registry/protection purposes

Overall, I really like simplicity and look of quadrum 2x2, my loonies and toonies look nice in binder on black background. But for resale, graded 8s much better