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    DGS grading?

    Conflict of interest is inherent in all businesses. No argument. And there are potential hidden conflicts of interest in all the major grading...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Jul 6, 2009 in forum: Coin Chat
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    DGS grading?

    Thanks for the post and commentary. First, allow me to clarify that Rick Snow does not work for DGS. He is a "signature series" grader along...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Jul 6, 2009 in forum: Coin Chat
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    What Do You think of PCI?

    Thanks -- all good suggestions. Right now we're more focused on grading quality than updating the slab. It's just not cost-effective at the...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Apr 3, 2009 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    What Do You think of PCI?

    Our certification rates are really reasonable and we've just instituted a new fee structure based on the coin's value. Each coin on the submission...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Apr 2, 2009 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    What Do You think of PCI?

    I appreciate the suggestion (of changing the holder) but I acquired PCI solely for the holder design as I think it is one of the best in the...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Apr 2, 2009 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    What Do You think of PCI?

    Thanks for the positive feedback. We are very concerned with making sure our grading is very accurate because we make a two-way market in the...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Apr 1, 2009 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    DGS Free Sample

    Spock- Thanks for the welcome. I would LOVE to do more business overseas. If the European market gets more active numismatically (which is the...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Jan 30, 2009 in forum: Coin Chat
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    DGS Free Sample

    Heritage has told me that they are very interested in DGS material, and I don't think they would turn down a big consignment of DGS-graded coins....
    Post by: davidlawrence, Jan 30, 2009 in forum: Coin Chat
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    DGS Free Sample

    Thanks for the support here on the thread. You are correct in perceiving that eBay has somewhat arbitrarily banned any coin grading service from...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Jan 29, 2009 in forum: Coin Chat
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    What Do You think of PCI?

    Exactly. In "theory" there should no premium for the sticker -- just for the coin being nicer than average. On the coins they make markets in...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Dec 26, 2008 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    What Do You think of PCI?

    In addition to eBay, I am lobbying for CAC to review our coins for acceptance. I have gotten very good feedback from Mr. Albanese (CAC...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Dec 25, 2008 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    What Do You think of PCI?

    p.s. we just made a small but important design change to the holder. As of this week we changed the color of the "problem" line to blue (was red)....
    Post by: davidlawrence, Dec 25, 2008 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    What Do You think of PCI?

    The is a great post, and very factual overall. I did buy the assets of PCI last February and decided quickly that the reputation could not be...
    Post by: davidlawrence, Dec 25, 2008 in forum: US Coins Forum