How Long Do ICCS Holders Last?

For larger coins the holder will become drittle and the inner flip will crack and eventually open.

So what does ICCS charge to grade coins? I've seen those plastic holders, and IMHO, they look cheap / cheesy. Doesn't seem like they'd last too long unless stored under the optimum condition for something like that...

I wrote them and never heard anything. Maybe NJ is too far south. The bag is awful and a nightmare to photograph coins in. The grading is accurate. They should just redesign perhaps like the original gen 1 PCGS rattler a sweet holder nice to photograph.

ICCS holders are pretty old school. The inner inert flip cracks very easily, especially if the coin is a half dollar or dollar. Holders containing nickels, dimes and small cents seem to hold up pretty well over time.

I once sent a half dollar with a damaged inner flip to be reholdered. When the coin came back the inner flip on the new holder was cracked. I sent it back again and it came back cracked again. The flip simply could not stand up to the normal jostling caused by being mailed.

CCCS offers grading and encapsulation in a hard slab. ICCS certainly must be aware of the limitations of their product. Methinks that they are not inclined to change anytime soon.