2 Reasons Not To Believe What Is Written On Slabbed Coins

But...but...but... The PCGS website says:



While NGC's website employs a video that twice mention "specialized experts" at 2:10 video. Specialists for variety attribution are mentioned at 2:30 in the video.

So for the price paid to slab, and the alleged opinion of minimum 3-4 specially assigned coin experts "based on their strengths," this is the result?

Take this link:
http://goccf.com/t/346174#2967242

If a car mechanic performed in this manner they would be out of business soon.

If more people tended to buy the coin and not the slab, and/ or there was a website showing the many problems with these systems by showing actual slab pictures, it might result in a legitimately verifiable coin grading system to be initiated. The technology has been around a loooong time now. The subjectivity these companies continue to cling to probably is a lot more profitable for them than being factually accountable.

Funny how attributions from CCF family members who are known experts in their specialty can easily ID and post an attribution, yet the payed services can get it wrong with an alleged (minimum) 3-4 expert specialists for that specific coin.

I've said for years never trust variety designations on slabs, especially PCGS an NGC, always verify the varieties yourself because the TPG's get them wrong too often. ANACS does a better job, and the best for variety attributions (except VAM's possibly) is SEGS.

I don't know about ICCS but with most US coins you have to ask (and it costs more money) for a coin to be attributed.