Gallery Coin Grading Company

Hi Folks! I think the sellers are the owners of Gallery Grading Company. They sell all the same coins on their website! I guess they are happy with themselves. Mike

Gallery grading company- where the lowest grade ever geven is MS64, all the lincs are RD, and all the frankies FBL!
Bobby, good job finding them- I had googled variouos combinations of "gallery" "grading" "coin" "new Madrid" Mo" etc wiothout finding the site- what was your sercret?
They do also evidently "reject" some coins- those BU and CH BU rolls of frankies that were purchased on ebay prior to these two guys selling "slabbed" high MS coins, got recycled into onbe roll decribed as BU and sold on Overstock.
Guess there really isn't anything to do about this- but shouldn't the ANA point out to ebay that only coins which are graded by ANA approved standards should be called certified?
Don

"Our facility is over 31000 square ft. making us one of the larger coin organizations in the country."
What does the size of their Parking lot have to do with being a "larger coin organizations"? LOL
The seller points out as proof of quality that this is the grading company’s opinion. What a complete scam. GGC with make a packet of money from the newbies, unwary and uneducated.
I'm afraid that this has opened the door and other scam people will now do the same. Thanks for the warning!This is a sad day for coin collectors. Grading companies live off their reputation.Remember the "good old days" when you could trust the Slab grading.

greetings all

i joined this forum specifically to encourage all here to report the abuses of jojax22 and shadowzen66 to ebay, as I have done in detail today. I also believe that the website of GALLERY GRADING COMPANY should be reported to law enforcement as well.

the website for gallery grading service, sells THE EXACT SAME ITEMS THAT shadowzen66 and jojax22 have purchased on ebay and then listed on ebay. I believe it is purely a front. if one tries to purchase something from the gallery grading website, PAYPAL replies "This recipient is currently unable to receive money." also- THERE IS NO PHONE NUMBER FOR THE COMPANY ON THE WEBSITE. so... I CALLED INFORMATION IN NEW MADRID & THERE IS NO SUCH COMPANY IN DIRECTORY ASSISTACE. seems odd for an "over 31000 square ft." facilility to have no phones... as for being "registered with the state of Missouri #19014597" such a statement is completely meaningless gobbledegook.. anyhow, check out the number with the missouri secretary of state's office online and your get "Certificate Number 19014597 was not found"

as noted here- the the alledged location of gallery grading company is in the vicinity of where shadowzen66 and jojax22 claim to be located. (actually only about 20 miles from cape girardeau- I used to live in st. louis) the bogus grading service is potentially a very serious means of defrauding the public. if one were to send a valuable coin to the address listed on the site, it would probably be stolen. the site claims "a 48 hour turnaround" which is impossible for a legitimate grading service to perform. also it's empty slabs are easily purchased at any hobby supply shop, and several ebay buyers of jojax22 and shadowzen66 slabbed items have noted that the gallery grading service slabs are poorly sealed, badly graded, and obvious frauds.

rather than just discussing this type of activity- TAKE ACTION. it's our responsibility, as informed numismatists, to report these rip offs to any and all authorities. and if I (or you) make a charge that is proven incorrect- no bid deal. if investigated and proven true- we did a good job.

thanks for putting this up and the thread about this whole matter. I found you while gathering info to file my ebay complaint. and ebay has been known to shut down frauds. I've reported many with success. they are not 100% perfect, but I think if several people alert them they do take action. I also pused to get the ANA and ebay to work together, as they are (finally) starting to do. thanks agian coin community!

marc awodey
burlington,vermont
"vtcoin"

vtcoin coin, we are all looking at Gallery very closely. Check out the other threads to see what we have discovered. Gallery and those sellers are one and the same IMHO. Here's a site that's helpful about TPG's..http://rg.ancients.info/guide/slabs.html We will help in away we can. Mike

greetings

here is interesting info- it is a matter of public record that the person who established gallerycoins.com is from sikeston, mo.

ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ISSUE I'm also writing to let fellow collectors know that I just bid 2 cents each on a couple of listings... by two really nice sellers who have certified coins worth THOUSANDS OF DOLLARs for sale- starting at 1 cent each. I like knowing who I'm dealing with so I have gotten the contact info on both sellers. according to ebay's privacy policy the contact information of other members is not to be released, but if one is involved in a transaction from which a conflict may arise, the other party's contact info will be sent to both buyer and seller. but remember- it is not to be made public!

if either of my new trading partners writes to me to ask why I got their info i'll let them know that I just like knowing who I am doing business with in case a conflict might arise- but you know, I really don't expect any conflicts.

bidding 2 cents on listings is really fun- ALL of you folks should try it sometime. and it's really great to know who your seller is.

marc

ps. back to the gallerycoins.com issue- I think sikeston, mo is a very popular place to live. it's a very small town, but one of my new best friends lives there too! I wonder if he knows the creator of GCC's website? anyways- I'm now CERTAIN that gallery coin company it a totally legal and respectable new grading service. I've contacted the newspaper in new madrid MO, their HUGE corperate headquarters, to suggest they do a feature story on GCC. since the paper's offices are only about 2 blocks away from 400 main street- i'll bet gallery coin company is really going to be glad to have a story done on them. I sure hope the newspaper likes my idea- I write for a newspaper in vermont, and it's certainly the kind of success story we'd be interested it, so I hope the new madrid weekly record likes my idea.

thanks again for all of the info on this thread! if I win my auctions i'll let you know how great the coins are!

marc

Well, I got my first three coins from shadowzen66 (graded by Gallery Grading) today and gave them a good look.

First coin is a 1955-S MS-68 RD penny. It looks pretty good, but it's DEFINATELY NOT MS68. If I were to guess, I'd say MS65, maybe.

Second coin also a 1955-S MS-68 RD penny. It looks a little better, but still not MS68. Best of the three.

Third coin is a 1957-D MS-67 RD penny. Imperfection on back. Don't know if this makes it better or worse.

Then I took them over to Shorty at the coin shop. He offered me $150 for the lot, and I turned him down. He wouldn't grade them for me, but I swear I saw stars in his eyes while he looked at them.

Still have five more coins coming. I'll keep you posted.

Dan

As I read the previous posts about Gallery Coin, it reminds me of my favorite grading company: Star Grading Service (SGS) which sells primarily through the powerseller Aboncom (who owns and operates SGS). Want all of your coins MS70 or PR70? These are the sellers to go with!

Whether it be Gallery, SGS, or Ed's Grading Service better known throughout ebay as EGS. [That's right, I use heavy duty 2x2's, 4 staples with a custom made Avery label with whatever grade you want], the key is to pass the word.

Sometimes, I go to the feedback areas where newbies have left positive feedback for these scam artists and alert them to this information. Response has been mixed to outright anger to "mind your own business".



They will learn...isn't that what this is all about? I guess we are the smart ones and someday we shall rule the Coin World!