Dominion Grading Service

Murty, I have never heard of them or used them or heard feedback one way or the other. Personally I would not use them unless I have seen multiple and multiple type of coins that that have graded and that being said Good Luck.

I will tell you that I have bought coins from obscure grading companies from sellers and I actually receive a very good buy. I buy the coin not the grade or the slab that it is in if the price is right! I would even venture to say that I would by from any seller that had a coin graded by this one particular grading company only because I have determined that the grade on the coin is a couple grades down from the NGC graded coins. Of course I would buy knowing I may chose to return for a full refund.

As you can find from other threads on this site, Dominion is the re-named PCI that was acquired by David Lawrence, one of the three or four largest auction sites. I have always found David Lawrence to be a good auction site that is responsive and fair, at least in my dealings with them. Early reviews seem fairly positive for Dominion, but it is very new and there is the continued question of whether it's appropriate for an auction site to offer its own graded coins (for comparison, see PCGS and David Hall, as well as CAC and Albanese Rare Coins).

Some of Dominion's ideas seem long overdue for the slabbing companies, like stored photos for graded coins. I'm curious enough that I will probably be sending them some raw coins soon although nothing top tier as yet.

This is what looked like before they damaged it


this was graded by DGS they put a finger print on is and messed the hole coin up but they are replacing it so I not to mad
Here a 1878/8 Morgan they did not mess up

I only use PCGS,NGC or NCS, and ANACS. I not trying to sound harsh when I say this but if I ever got a coin back from any grading service with damage, especially a finger print which tells me their graders don't know what the heck they are doing, that would be it. I would not care if the coin was worth $2.00 or $2,000. I would never submit to them again. I have never had any problems with the above services so far. I have used PCI before for a couple of submissions with no problems. Since they sold their company, I'll stick with the above 3.

The fingerprint isn't necessarily from the grader, it could have been made by whoever was putting the coin in the slab. I agree either way it isn't good for the company, but it will happen rarely.

I would think that their guarantee would buy the coin back from the owner.

It varies. In some cases they have said send it back and they have compensated, in others they have said it wasn't their problem or it was on there when it came in, or it isn't a problem, and in at least one case "What fingerprint, that's textile toning." So it's pretty much luck of the draw. It may vary depending on the value of the coin and who you are.