http://cgi.ebay.com/1913-P-SGS-MS66...8QQihZ020QQcategoryZ11954QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Also, take a close look at the buffalo nickel.
Not knowing the difference between 1913 and 1927 discredits any professionality that they had to begin with.
Label says 1913 P. and coin in the holder is a 1927.Someone at the grading table was sure on the ball.Great advertisement for that company.
Pack of 100 Coinworld 'DIY' slabs: $139 Sheet of self-adhesive labels: $14 1 Buffalo Nickel from your local dealer's junk box: $15 Labeling a 1927 nickel as 1913: PRICELESS!
He has tons of SGS slabs for sale. I looked to see if a 1927 Buffalo was listed by him and could not find it. LOL tough luck for him! Freddypm
It appears that the new slab is lacking the golden seals! How am I to know that it's a genuine SGS slab without the golden seals!!:smile
Hmmmm. Kind of like that mistake that one of the majors (PCGS or NGC) made when slabbing the reverse proof ASE.
I would say its not the same. One is a mistake made by a company that has good faith with its customers. the other is a guy that is ripping people off maliciously and made a mistake. Remember that NGC does not make any additional money based on the grade of a coin. They make the same amount of money grading a coin whether its a AU or 70. the segs guy is grading and selling his own coins, which explains all of the extreme high grades...
ty for that info now that is to funny. i posted it on ebay forums for all to see. new numismatic term "error slab" :hammer:
I respectfully disagree. NGC made an error on a mint mark, while SGS made an error on the year. Not EXACTLY the same, but definitely in the same class. Don't get me wrong, I do completely agree with you on the issue about the grading/selling tactics of SEG. Steve
And one the PCGS forum there is a thread with pictures of PCGS and ICG slabs that also have the wrong date on them. And I've seen the same mistake on NGC and ANACS slabs too. Mistakes like that are not too unusual. I have seen slabs from the majors that listed the wrong coin on them, wrong type, wrong denomination etc. When one of the major services does it people point it out and say "how neat, an error slab". When one of the third tier services does it people point it out and say "see, shows what kind of an incompetent service they are." Look again, these are not Coin World slab shells. Although they are a generic shell readily available. But what's wrong with that? The big boys designed and have their own shells made, and in this case they are buying shells that someone else designed and had made. And if anyone is interested, they switched over to the new slab on Oct 9th.
Priceless is a understatement. Who the heck would by a sgs slab anyways?? Need to keep up on your math skills...... Slab grade,,minus 1 then divid by 2= true grade. hum
