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national dealer Pillar of the Community United States 2724 Posts	Posted 02/03/2005 4:25 pm As many know, the coin market is based on values assigned by a given state of preservation (grade), many third party services offer their opinion on the current grade of a coin. Grading is at best subjective and ultimately, you will have to decide if you agree with any grade assigned. Here are links to the major services along with several other services provided just for referrence. The top four services in the coin hobby are 1. NGC 2. PCGS 3. ICG 4. Anacs All other services are considered on a lower tier by the general coin community and should only be utilized once you are very comfortable with your ability to authenticate and grade coins. Top four services: http://www.ngccoin.com/ http://www.pcgs.com http://www.icgcoin.com/ http://www.anacs.com/ Others: http://www.digitalcoingrading.com/ http://www.pcicoins.com/ http://www.globalcertified.com/ http://www.ccgcoin.com/page2.html http://www.segscoins.com/ There are other services out there. Many will share simular names to those of the top four. Be very careful in choosing any third party grading service. Check out their guarantees. Report this Post to the Staff

national dealer Pillar of the Community United States 2724 Posts	Posted 02/04/2005 7:34 pm For currency grading services: http://www.currencygradingcertification.com/ http://www.ngccoin.com http://www.pcgs.com Report this Post to the Staff
national dealer Pillar of the Community United States 2724 Posts	Posted 03/05/2005 7:16 pm For a complete list of grading companies see list: http://rg.ancients.info/guide/slabs.html Report this Post to the Staff
SFDukie Pillar of the Community United States 980 Posts	Posted 03/06/2005 7:27 pm ND, I cannot beleive you left out NTC- I keep getting amazing prices on coins slabbed by them seriously, thanks for the info. How do you feel about the survey results from here?: http://www.bestcoin.com/Coin-Gradin...-Results.htm Don Report this Post to the Staff
national dealer Pillar of the Community United States 2724 Posts	Posted 03/08/2005 4:22 pm The only problem with this type of survey is that PNG along with the ANA SELL their endorsements. So as long as the top two companies have the ability to BUY the great service recommendation it does very little. Report this Post to the Staff
SFDukie Pillar of the Community United States 980 Posts	Posted 03/08/2005 4:36 pm quote: Originally posted by national dealer The only problem with this type of survey is that PNG along with the ANA SELL their endorsements. So as long as the top two companies have the ability to BUY the great service recommendation it does very little. Thanks for the caveat! Report this Post to the Staff
djluster Pillar of the Community United States 1327 Posts	Posted 01/17/2006 4:05 pm great links thanks nice to have them all in one place Report this Post to the Staff
Mike Rest in Peace United States 2884 Posts	Posted 01/17/2006 9:47 pm Very handy lists. Thanks for the links! Mike Report this Post to the Staff
nvinson105 New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 01/23/2006 12:28 pm If you were new to this hobby would you go with NGC or PCGS. I have looked at some of the prices at the PCGS web site and I think that maybe I should grade some of my coins... What do you Ladies and Gents think Report this Post to the Staff
Scavenger New Member United States 23 Posts	Posted 01/23/2006 3:41 pm I think any third party grading service is money well spent if you're dealing with coins. People will pay more for a coin that has been graded for piece of mind that it hasnt been altered and is genuine. Report this Post to the Staff
djluster Pillar of the Community United States 1327 Posts	Posted 01/23/2006 4:10 pm In my opion you only want to buy a coin that is slabed by one of the top four. This is how I see them ranked 1. Pcgs 2. Anacs 3. NGS 4. ICG I would not buy any of the others out there they more then usally grade a coin higher then it is. that is just my opion Report this Post to the Staff
nvinson105 New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 01/23/2006 5:10 pm What about breaking up proof set and having them graded? Report this Post to the Staff
lou b New Member United States 37 Posts	Posted 01/31/2006 2:42 pm I decided to start a graded type set from my raw types about a year and a half ago. I went with ANACS because I could send them directly without a go-between and it was a little cheaper. I had too many nice coins to leave to my kids without knowing just how nice they were. I've sent about 90 coins in and there are always surprises, both good and bad. It is obvious to me no one will be completely satisfied with any one grader with all coins. I have an NGC 63 come back a 61. An NTC 64 come back 58 cleaned, and PCGS 63 come back as a 61 and one NTC 62 gold dollar come back as counterfeit. I now have a nice 53 coin type set all in ANACS holders but if I had it to do again I would have left it a mixed bag of graders. I also learned I cannot predict what a coin will grade. Everything concidered, I am not unhappy. Report this Post to the Staff
nvinson105 New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 01/31/2006 3:24 pm Well I decided to go with PCGS they have a good wed site with a lot of info, If you get the $200 membership you get 8 submissions free. At even $18.00 ea. That is not bad every thing I have read it seems like you get more money for pcgs graded coins. Report this Post to the Staff
wrk4lvg Pillar of the Community United States 756 Posts	Posted 01/31/2006 10:00 pm quote: Originally posted by lou b I have an NGC 63 come back a 61. An NTC 64 come back 58 cleaned, and PCGS 63 come back as a 61 and one NTC 62 gold dollar come back as counterfeit. I was reading the above at work. When I got to the gold dollar part, I yelled out some a bad word. Report this Post to the Staff
JerseyZuh Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 03/31/2006 9:16 pm Check out the CCG website https://www.ccgcoin.com It got suspended! Thats funny! Report this Post to the Staff
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