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don1964 New Member Australia 5 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 04:55 am Hi. Just looking for some comments. I have recently sent coins to APCGS for grading that I had previously bought from some reputable coin auctions. The coins were listed as varying from unc to ch unc and cost quite a bit of money. Out of nearly 40 coins only 4 came back with a MS grading. My question is are the coins from these auctions just not as good as they are described or is APCGS very hard on there gradings. Cheers Report this Post to the Staff

echidna Pillar of the Community Australia 599 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 05:45 am Names of the auctions would help to work out what is going on. Watch your top knot Report this Post to the Staff
don1964 New Member Australia 5 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 07:30 am I.A.G, Nobles and Numis bid Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 08:06 am Wow, I see a red flag. Don't buy coins that "cost quite a bit of money" that aren't already slabbed by a reputable TPG. You need to have the comfort of: -- authenticity -- originality -- grade EXCEPTION: You yourself have exceptional knowledge of grading the type of coins you bought. Edited by kanga 04/14/2015 08:08 am Report this Post to the Staff
agent86 Valued Member Australia 75 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 08:43 am That scum Shane who runs apcgs has no idea of grading. In fact don that's probably who you are so I suggest you bug off and go back to the people you are scamming on facebook Report this Post to the Staff
echidna Pillar of the Community Australia 599 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 08:57 am Don do you have pics of a couple of examples ? Watch your top knot Edited by echidna 04/14/2015 09:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 09:08 am Welcome to Coin Community, don1964. You're not going to enjoy what you're about to hear about APCGS. And agent86, consider this a warning about your choice of language, regardless of any factual basis for it. Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 12:22 pm I doubt very much that you would have got a shonky grade from numisbid. All the raw coins sold on that auction site are accurately graded and honestly described eg cleaning etc. Maybe you picked up some ef or au coins and expected an MS grade for them? Or maybe it was the way you handled or stored the coins. If they didnt make MS at APCGS then they most definately wouldnt make the cut with a reputable TPG. T answer you question NO I do not think APCGS is tough on grades at all, quite the contrary is my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
PNC king Valued Member Australia 444 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 1:08 pm the fact that you send coins to APCGS shows you have a lot to learn about numismatics , please seek advice before you buy any more coins or visit a auction house and if you want to have a chance of recouping some of your losses you must resubmit your coins to pcgs and if they cross over in the same grade as APCGS you can at least sell them sight unseen no problems Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 04/14/2015 7:08 pm We are yet to be convinced that APCGS is a genuine attempt at creating a TPG. They have all the characteristics of what the Americans call a "basement slabber", owned and operated by a coin dealership in Port Macquarie who, by an astonishing coincidence, is the only coin dealer in Australia who routinely sells APCGS-slabbed coins. APCGS also got off on the wrong foot with the mods and admins of this forum by spamming us using multiple IDs. I have basically given up waiting for a public acknowledgement or apology from them regarding this, which is something a genuine TPG would have done promptly and contritely. A positive word or opinion about APCGS is therefore not likely to be tolerated here. The only reason "APCGS" has not (yet) been added to the forum swearword filter is that we wish to continue to educate the unaware of the true nature of this "company". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
don1964 New Member Australia 5 Posts	Posted 04/15/2015 02:02 am That's not exactly the reply I was looking for agent86. Go and have your rave to the chief and 99, specially when you have no idea who you are replying to. Everyone else thank you for your opinions Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 04/15/2015 02:08 am And on that note.. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
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