124+ Third Party Grading Companies

It keeps growing and growing. This website has grading holders that you never heard of, and it keeps growing. TPGS website

 

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.........have to wonder if CAC would agree with any of them.

 

All you have to do is find someone to supply you with the holders and the hard part...finding three (or four) letters that sound good together for a name!

 

I started my own encapsolating service in january. I don't grade.

 

As I suggested on this site a while back, I'm reserving the rights to the name Coin Rating And Packaging. My slabs will look like this :rolling:

 

Love it, that says it all...your label is just saying out right what all labels are omitting.

 

Pennyguy!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHHAHHAAAHAHAAAA I want my coins slabbed by your company.......hahahahahahaaa I bow to you.... :bow:

 

Thats to funny! :thumb:

 

OH to funny!

 

PennyGuy, I like your company. You could have graded that coin a MS70 grade like SGS and GEC would have. Keep up the good work.

Bruce

 

I should hang out a shingle. Lets see, 60 cents for plastic, 5 cents for laser printed label, $30 for expert grading opinion, sounds like a sound business plan.:smile

Another thought, maybe a application form like this>
Desired Grade
XG = $25
AU = $30
MS63 = $35
MS65 = $40
MS67 = $45
MS70 = $60
What does everyone think?

 

You could have a sale. have 10 graded and at least one will be ms70

 

Awesome.

 

I love it, you're a marketing genius

 

I think I have this grading stuff down...
Is this how they grade coins?

Stand at the top of a staircase ad drop a handful

Top step G4
2nd step VG8
3rd step F12
4th step VF20
5th Step XF40
6th step AU50
7th step MS60
8th step MS65
9th step MS70
10th step throw them into a box, place in closet and claim that the coins never arrived to you

 

Oh goodness. That's so funny, I'd imagine SGS's way isn't too far from yours.

 

sweet Wheatz, I always thought there was an official "Process" to grading coins, just never thought it would be so "scientific". It makes so much sense. :bow:

 

The top four grading services (PCGS, NGC, ICG, ANACS) are mostly accurate and consistent until the grades of AU58 and MS60 is concerned, and it really gets worse when it comes to MS65-MS70. It's not uncommon for collectors and even dealers to resubmit AU58 coins, or high grade MS coins, just to get a point higher grade.

This is the reason PCGS is using a computer type scan of each coin so resubmissions will be flagged as being previously graded a certain grade. No longer will anyone be able to crack a coin out of a PCGS holder and resubmit for a higher grade.

I have done it, and I have got back coins that grade higher than the first submission. PCGS wants to prevent this, and they should, but it goes to show that PCGS is the Wal-Mart of Numismatics.

 

PCGS Founder David Hall emphasizes the critical importance of PCGS Secure Plus: "When PCGS opened in February 1986, we 'flicked a switch' and changed the rare coin market. We've just flicked another switch, and this changes everything. Imagine a world without coin doctoring. Imagine a world without 'gradeflation.' This is the right thing to do."

"Released after two years of extensive testing in partnership with Coinsecure, Inc. of Palo Alto, California, the PCGS Secure Plus system digitally captures the unique "fingerprint" of each coin, and enters it into a permanent data base. Neither the coin's appearance nor its grade can be changed without flagging the system."

If PCGS grades a coin AU58+, then that's the grade they want it to remain. PCGS wants to be the only coin grading standard for all of numismatics. Just watch and see. I send coins to PCGS, and I like the new technology, but I don't have to like the company. I shop at Wal-Mart, but I don't have to like the company either.

I think it's great this could eliminate coin doctoring, but PCGS will never perfect coin grading until they are the only coin grading service on the market to compare themselves to, which will never happen.