How to add PCGS coin to NGC registry?

Exactly

 

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So... market opportunity for a third party to open a registry service that accepts coins from both (or even more) TPGs?

I know! They could call themselves Independent Registry Service. Oh, wait...

 

You're brilliant Jeff.

 

Well, I am full of ideas. Or full of something, at least...

 

Most of the top Registry Sets don't even post photos of their coins. I complained for years that NGC should deduct points for any competitive set that didn't have photos. Why should the snobs with deep pockets be allowed to reap the benefits?

Chris

 

They're already accomplished coin collectors.

Cal

 

On NGC maybe, not on PCGS. Either way why should they?

There are MANY threads on forums like this that just try and discredit what they buy.

Jealously is very real on coin forums.

 

What's more irritating to me than having no photos is when they close the set so no one can see what's in it.

 

I agree completely and have posted the same previously. I can see good reasons why someone might not post pictures, security being one. But when the composition of a set is hidden, it pretty much defeats the purpose of being in the registry or even having a registry. It also makes it difficult for competitors to know how to move past the set.

Cal

 

What is the point of having Registry Sets if they can never be shared with anyone?

Chris

 

Bingo!

 

Inventory manager, sharing what you want to share, some use it as an advertisement of what they need, some even just for the awards. There's no right or wrong way to use a registry set.

There also are those that stopped sharing extra on newer things from negativity

 

Yeah the PCGS ban flared up a while back. Like what a couple years ago? Some people quit once this happened. At first they grandfathered the existing PCGS coins in and you could switch back and forth to see your ranking vs only NGC points for all sets or back to points for mixed sets. They recently updated the registry within the last couple months. Made it easier to add stuff and the pics are a lot bigger but the new format makes it more difficult to compare with other's sets IMO.

You can no longer switch between points versions. Anything that's NGC or grandfathered PCGS coins in sets all count now so your rank is what it is.

 

Sometime around late 2016 and early 2017. It was right around when NGC tried to do the hit piece on PCGS and PCGS responded with the crossover special that took a lot of coins from them.

 

I quit doing anything with the ngc registry when they did that

 

While I agree with your complaint, it bears mentioning that NGC heard our complaints and fixed this a few years ago. Obscured sets can no longer compete for best in category awards. They are still listed in the order that they would be if the set were not obscured, but they aren't given a numerical ranking in the registry.

For example, in the Jefferson Nickel (38-64) category, Specialty One holds the top spot with an obscured set, but Steve Strom is now ranked number one and has won best in category for the last 3 years. Coincidentally, he is one of the PCGS collectors who came over and posted his set on the NGC Registry before the switch and is grandfathered in. The problem is that NGC is much much much more stringent with the application of the full step designation. How many of his first place ranked collection would not be full step designated coins if they were graded by NGC? The only fair way to include PCGS coins is to allow them in the set while assigning them a point value of zero.

 

I agree with lehigh, just give pcgs coins 0 coins if you want to compete in the registry.

I still think people should use the custom registry more, it allows you freedom to add what you want