World Identification And Numismatic Grading Service (Wings)?

No, I wish to thank you and everyone else who has shown an interest. I can easily understand why the comments were made.

I believe in honesty and straight forward communication and that's why I felt it important to share with the group just who are the individuals behind the company. We hope over time the collecting community will have the assurance and confidence to buy a coin with the WINGS gold sticker. If the coin deserves the gold sticker it gets it and vice-versa.

And do you know who will ultimately determine if a WINGS coin is a special coin for that grade? You and other world coin collectors. We believe that those who are qualified to grade a coin (very few) will see that any WINGS coin is a great coin for the grade. Their trust will spread over time to others.

If we were in just for a short term profit then we would gold sticker most submitted coins just to increase sales. Short term good, long term disaster. We are here for the long run. Only those coins eligible for a gold sticker will get one. Really.

We are trying to build our reputation (the most important intangible) and I know that actions speak louder than words. So we hope that you will see over time that we are what we say we are.

And yes I absolutely will stop by and introduce myself. I look forward to it. We are at booth 601.

Take care
Larry

Thank you for taking the time to reply. We really appreciate it.

The pleasure was mine, Larry. Masochistic as it might seem, it's always refreshing to be slapped across the face with one's failings. All the same, there can no longer be any doubt about you and your firm's sincerity and commitment, and I hope this takes off for you.

brg,
I just saw your post. I wanted to quickly respond that I will provide answers to your question tomorrow but I must run out know.
Thanks for understanding
Larry Michelson

Here's a better picture:

Hi
I'm back. Just been crazy busy now that WINGS has launched at the FUN show. The receptions and submissions that we received at the FUN show just blew away our wildest expectations. I know that you have been patiently waiting for an answer and I appreciate it.

Lance has provided me with the following since I was not around at the beginning and I am unable to answer you.

When Lance started WINGS his initial idea was to sticker solid for the grade certified world coins (similar to CAC for US coins). As his vision progressed he made a decision a couple of years ago to sticker Premium Quality for the grade world coins and that is the standard we now require before stickering a coin. He did not take submissions but he did sticker many coins from dealers that were deserving. Unfortunately he only kept partial records so there is no complete data base for previously stickered coins. At the beginning it was his belief that by doing these reviews for free for dealers that eventually it would create a demand from the public. Obviously that has now changed since I have taken over the administrative reins. He's more of the coin guy, I'm the business guy. Our marketing approach has totally changed but the bottom line is the same- we only sticker PQ coins for the grade.
Due to some of the original coins not being recorded we are standing behind the following offer:

WE WILL REVIEW FOR FREE ANY COIN THAT HAS A WINGS STICKER. IF IT DESERVES TO BE STICKERED IT WILL BE ENTERED IN OUR DATABASE AND IF NOT THE STICKER WILL BE REMOVED.

The only expense you would incur is the normal shipping and handling unless you wish to bring it to a show that we are attending (see the website for dates of shows we are attending). In that event we will bump you to the head of the line and make sure that your coin is reviewed before the show ends. You can then pick it up at our booth.

Now as you can plainly see, as with any new entity, mistakes are made. We will continue to make mistakes. We can promise that we will work very hard to correct them. One way is for guys like you to make us aware of anything that you may think is wrong. I believe in an "open door" policy and would welcome any comments.

As a personal aside to brg, Lance not only remembers your coin he loved it. It has been entered into our data base since it is a PQ coin.

Thanks again everyone for your patience and understanding.

Take care

Larry Michelson

PS. If you wish to contact me directly outside of this blog please email me at Larry@wingscoins.com. Thank you

Larry, thanks very much for your reply! You are most helpful!
-Brandon