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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi ! I recently started to collect all the nickels from 1922 to 1936 in MS63 or more, (exept 1925 1926). I started to look at coins from different places, from different sellers and I'm now in front of a real dillema! I really prefer the PCGS hardslab, especially for those high grade nickels as the hardslab let the light hit the luster of the coin, also easier to look at and hold it..(isn't the reason we buy coins?) But, now, here comes the dilemma...the grade! ICCS graded coin are more...accurate. Not all the time, but in generally yes. But, I don't really like the soft slab... so...PCGS or ICCS?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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My personal choice is the ICCS graded for one reason and that is because
you can get pages to store them in albums. I do have some in PCGS
slabs which I keep in a box but I prefer albums.
I'm sure you will get different answers as everyone has their own preference.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5585 Posts |
Why don't you get your own hardslabs and do them yourself and save mucho $$$$
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Moderator
 Canada
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ICCS graded coin are more...accurate You opinion only. Ask yourself this question - when it comes to the very best mint state nickel 5c coins out there - what slabs are they in?. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree 100%. ICCS is a 1980s era grading company, still using primitive flips with typically generous grades, with little international status. The best coins deserve NGC or PCGS holders if you want an international audience.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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thank you all for your opinions, always interesting to read you... Coinfrog, I must agree with you on ICCS status. But why they didnt set up a nice website, with a nice registry and some hardslab? Do they care about Canadians collectors?...
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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ICCS is a two employee Father /Son operation.
I doubt if they even have a computer let alone know
how to create a website. Don't think things will ever
change as long as they run the business.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What dilemma ? Use 2 x 2's and put them in a binder, VOILA  ! You said the idea of collecting was to look at and hold them, but you can't really do either right if it's in a holder. I leave one side of the 2x2 unstapled for nickel coins, brown copper, and lower grade silver ones that have no lustre, so they are easily accessible. The other ones with all 3 sides stapled can always be opened if you need to (e.g. microscope photos, finding those defects on 1859 cents).  And you can't do this if they're slabbed.    |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You can get binder pages for hard slabs, they hold 9 per page and will even fit ICCS holders inside. I have them for most of my coins. You can fit about 6 pages in a 3" D ring binder. I quite like the way it stores them, protects the ICCS flips and you font have to worry about them falling out of the open top sleeve pages or heavy silver dollars bending/stretching the pages.
Downside is the cost, they are about $3 per page at my LCS. Made by lighthouse
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Unless they more than MS-62/3's that you are contemplating, better figure on a very fat wallet if you are choosing PCGS .. it's lots of bucks. Find an old (but new) Dansco album that you can modify/add with new inert inner sliders and info tabs. That way, they are accessible, won't fall out, and you can look/touch to your heart's content. The presentation is nice as well and the added pages can be for the varieties.
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