ANACS Now With Hsn

I don't think PCGS or NGC have. Now that I think about it, NGC might have before. HSN was selling a lot of ICG MS/PF70 coins for more money than they were worth. The people who bought it find out that it's worth a fraction of what they paid, they will probably shy away from ICG because HSN left a bad taste in their mouth. I think a lot of collectors shy away from ICG because of their connection with HSN. I think with there new contract with HSN, I wouldn't be able to trust their opinion on grading modern coinage. Their contract with HSN has to have some sort of minimum number of certain grade coins in order to sell enough to make it worth if for HSN. Personally in my eyes, ANACS went down a few points in my book. They also went down a few points with th. is first strike business and these different labels with colors and pictures.

NGC certainly has some kind of deal with the "Coin Vault" show on ShopAtHome. They will occasionally sell PCGS and Anacs graded coins, but the vast majority they sell are raw or NGC graded. The hosts even talk about their "special deal" with NGC ... although they suggest it is just a deal for speed and reduced price for grading a large quantity. Still, the relationship is clearly there.