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zeus New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 10:46 pm Just bought a slabbed Half Eagle with "CCGS MS-65" marked on it. I am somewhat new to this coin collecting world and have heard of PCGS, but never CCGS? Any thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

Lion4Life Valued Member United States 370 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 11:00 pm Certified Coin Grading Service I believe. Oh, and welcome to the boards! Edited by Lion4Life 09/15/2011 11:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 11:18 pm It means, unfortunately, that you have probably bought a coin "slabbed" by a "company" with no real credibility. We call them "kitchen table slabbers." There were/are a few self-slabbers using those initials. One of them, Capitol Coin Grading Service, appeared to make an actual attempt to do it right as a business early last decade; their stuff isn't criminally-overgraded but not actually accurate. I sincerely hope you didn't pay real MS-65 money for your Half Eagle. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/16/2011 11:12 am Can't tell without seeing it. There have been at least four, possibly five different companies that have used those initials including Capital Coin Grading, Certified Coin Grading Service, A company that only used them for a week or two until they realized there was another CCGS and they changed to DCGS Distinctive Coin Grading Service (Never did find out what the CCGS meant), Canadian Currency Grading Service (Which won't be what you have) and one other that I can't recall at the moment. All of them were very short lived, and are not to be taken seriously. Treat the coin as raw. (Of course I say that about every service) Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19935 Posts	Posted 09/16/2011 3:01 pm Conder - Do you collect any of the basement slabbers? Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/18/2011 08:48 am Yes, my slab reference collection includes the basement and self-slabbers as well if I can manage to acquire specimens. If I can't get specimens I at least try to get photos. Getting good photos is a problem though because people often crop off parts of the slab or only show one side. Also a lot of them are taken with the slab tilted or out of focus. That's why I prefer to get my hands on an actual specimen. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 09/18/2011 09:18 am One thing you may want to do, if interested, is to go to Google and type in TPGS's. Or just coin grading services. You might be amazed at how many there are. Many are what is known as fly by nights. Here today and gone tomorrow. Yet, as with many new buisnesses, they all must start somewhere. Once even the top TPGS's were new. Report this Post to the Staff
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