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I have one coin that I want professionally graded, a 1875-H large date canadian 5 cent, but I don't want to pay for a $40 membership then another $20-30 fee. can you have local dealers send the coin off to be graded for you for a nominal fee? any other ways? thank you!
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Most LCS's will do that for you.Which one do you have and what grade do you give it? You may want to use ICCS. John1  Edited by John1
08/08/2014 05:28 am
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Find a US dealer who will submit it for you IF you want it in a PCGS or NGC slab. That will work best if you deal with someone on a frequent basis. Most dealers won't want to do it if you are a one-time customer. OTHER POSSIBILITIES: -- If you'll accept ANACS I don't think you have to join. -- If you join the ANA then NGC will grade your coins without you having to pay the NGC membership fee. You'll just have to pay the slabbing fee plus S&H both ways (which you'd have to do anyway). You'll also end up getting the ANA monthly publication. Since it's a Canadian coin ICCS should certainly be considered. But a few caveats: -- shipping back and forth over the US-Canadian border would probably be annoying at best -- expect the ICCS grade to be ½ to a whole grade lower than PCGS or NGC; the grading standards are different. |
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If you are anywhere near a medium sized show, several of the grading companies travel [at least to accept submissions] check their web sites for 'upcoming shows'. I see ANACS for example a lot in the Texas shows...
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If it's a rare coin, it might be worth the membership fee to get it graded by PCGS, otherwise ANACS is a good choice, or ICCS, but don't know much about them.
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excellent info, guys! thank you for the help. I posted some pictures of the coin over in ther Canadian section. https://goccf.com/t/184037 |
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NGC is better If you mean better at mis-attributing varieties then yes, you are correct, I've seen more mis-attributed coins in NGC holders than any other major TPG company. Of course that is only my opinion, check around, see what others have to say, as to grading, my list in order of best to worst is: PCGS ANACS PCI (green/Gold holders) Out of business now NGC ICG/SEGS (older early ICG coins pre modern grading push were actually pretty good) "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Of it's a Canadian coin, Canadians will pay top dollar for coins graded by ICCS. It's only $11 plus shipping.'its believed they're tops where Candian coins are concerned, as it's their specialty and what their business is founded on. The American tgps aren't as familiar with the nuances of our coins. This is what I keep hearing. When I buy graded Canuck circulation coins I go ICCS or CCCS, there's two Canadian company's . ICCS uses the soft flips, while the other guy gives a choice of soft flip or hard slab.
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