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What's Your Favourite Third Party Grading Company? (T.p.g.)

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Poll Question
Here's an interesting one for all collectors that enjoy purchasing slabbed (Third Party Graded)coins. Ever wonder which one's are the most cherished? Even if you don't purchase graded coins, but have a preference for one as a result of experience or knowledge and would like to cast a vote, please do so.
All North American Third Party Grading Company's use the Sheldon 70 point grading system, however, as you know grading is "subjective".
Below you'll find a list of the 11 best known, most used and most respected. They are not in any order, classification or popularity so please vote according to your preference!

Glenn Pinto

Poll Choices
 >N.G.C.
 >S.E.G.S.
 >A.C.G.
 >C.C.C.S.
 >P.C.G.S.
 >I.C.G.
 >A.N.A.C.S.
 >I.C.C.S.
 >N.T.C.
 >P.C.I.
 >S.G.S.

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ICCS is my preference over NGC or PCGS because they obviously have much more experience than PCGS or NGC.
Those Canada coins I own in the latter two slabs don't seem quite right in terms of grade.
The same could be said for Aussie coins--they need to hire an expert who specializes in UK/Canada/Australia, etc.
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Hey! Why isn't SGS an option?
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My favorite is P.C.G.S. because I find them to be more accurate then the others.
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In my opinion I would say I.C.C.S I have some coin graded by them and veryfy from other I would say the are very accurate.
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For Canadian coins, ICCS is the most consistent and conservative, period.

ICCS as a company is a technophobe though, and you just can't shun technology in the 21st century. CCCS does everything right, but needs time to play catch up. PCGS is slick, but sometimes has trouble with circulated grade Canadian coins, and variety attribution.
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Quote:
DL20K: Hey! Why isn't SGS an option?

They are, without any doubt, the most consistent grading service.
( After all, every coin comes back from them as MS70! )
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