"Independent" Third Party Grading Services

Yes you are reading it correctly.

As you suspect most of the companies have only one or two varieties of slab, but a few are quite prolific. ANACS, PCGS and NGC combined have around 75 to 80 varieties, ACG (Accugrade), has about 25, Paramount has 11, PCI about 14, SEGS I think 9, INS had 6. Those 8 companies account for close to 150 varieties.

That guarantee is only printed on the third generation of IRI holder.

I remember the name of the company that cut their slabs out of plexiglass and finished the edges with a belt sander, it was Gallery Grading Company.

 

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Here is the one I purachased recently , I know a few of you have seen it already . Didn't think it would hurt to post it again.

 

If you really want to go nutso you can collect the varieties of the labels within the shells. For example, Conder101 lists a specific shell with "ACCUGRADE/Connecticut" label. I have that and the rarer "ACCURADE/Connecticut" version... violation of rule #1: spell the name of the company right!

Or Sample slabs.

NGC used the same shell for many years. During that time they changed the hologram and/or the preprinted label (changing the name to abbreviations and back; different styles of the border and of the scales) - that gives Conder101 many of the variations in his book.

But samples for shows? Those can be runs of 200 or just 20, with different wording for the show the following week...

ANACS may be the most prolific - they attend a lot of shows. And will do special sample labels for their best customers (e.g. the baseball HOF samples or the 5 oz silver pucks)

 

I have one of those as well. I believe that someone tried to break this one out of the slab (see picture of edge) because I believe these originally had some sort of plastic borders.

 

@Amanda Varner - Hi Amanda, this is a little off topic but I just wanted to compliment your pretty nail. Was just looking at another thread with some guy holding a coin and as always his nail looked so nasty! Happens way to often on this forum. I wish people would at least take their time to cut and clean their nails before posting a picture!

 

Amanda, see? I'm not the only one!

 

No they didn't, that is the actual edge of the slab. I have seen many of these and they all look like that.

 

Conder - I have three GCCs one with the sanded edges and two that are in BCW slabs:

 

You don't have to clean your fingernails if you run a pawn shop:

 

Yuck.. and that's another reason to stay away from pawn shops! Just kidding.. it is distracting.. When I show my coins I try to wear my cotton gloves. Here is my Railroad Rim 25c pics I posted once.

 

Thanks Burton, I've never seen one in a BCW type slab. (And if you don't mind I stole your images.)

 

Conder101 - go for it. Everything I have I'm happy to share with you and David.

This weekend I can pull it out and take a decent photo.

 

Of course all of you follow The Coin Show on Facebook and Twitter so you may have seen this, but for those who haven't, a catalogue has come out for these slabs. http://www.coinweek.com/education/c...-to-expand-with-publication-of-first-catalog/

I think @Conder101 might be interested in this.

 

I'm pretty sure David occasionally posts here...

 

Just out of curiosity, how's the grading of "PGCS"?

 

I have a feeling one of the "associates" may have been reprimanded over this.

 

I can't believe they called it "brilliant uncirculated" when there are a bunch of scratches in the field!!! HELLO OVERGRADING!!! The label lists the company as a merchant, so there you go.

 

Seller's pictures, but interestingly the case IS sonically sealed. Usually these are just pop-apart...

 

Here was yesterday's oddball slab. It was sonically sealed as well. PCC MS70 (with a few obv. scratches)

 

I'm already on the waiting list for a copy when it is published.