Who is your favorite grader...

I buy coins off of ebay sometimes. I was just wondering who you like as a grader....Most accurate?

 

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Miss Gray, my freshman science teacher, was an excellent grader. She was very fair, even grading on a curve for the not-so-smart kids.

 

I think you will find the thread linked below educational and entertaining.

http://www.cointalk.com/t206022/

 

SEGS for sure. There are awesome! Everythhing I send them gets a 70! (Not to be taken seriously, SEGS is terrible).

 

WHO ? Ok! My answer is Mr. Alan Hager of Accugrade, He invented the coin slab his company start on 1984 followed by PCGS on 1986 after owner paid him 100K for his expertise and his PATENT. I met him at Baltimore Coin Show in Maryland on March, 2000. He personally graded some of my coins while some others are watching. That was my Lucky day! After he certified my coins his helper goes to another bourse table to table telling that Mr. Hager certfied a Doubled Denomination 1995 as Mint. No Numerical Grade assigned. So I ask him personally. Why? His answer is just simple as my coin is UNIQUE- (Two Full dates 1995 obverse, VDB, IN GOD WE TRUST,2 LIBERTY, P Mintmark, ONE CENT,ONE DIME, UNITED STATE of AMERICA, E Plu- FG Initial, skull break and a Crack die Variety,etc). Which is my understanding this coin is TOP of the LINE or MUCH the BEST in any DOUBLED DENOMINATION on any Date.

:thumb::thumb::hail:

 

Nice coin - whats something like that worth? :hail:

 

I wish it was a bannable offense for Redwin117 copy pasting that thing as many times as he has. The guy doesn't know what consideration and moderation is.

 

I am currently only blocking two people on this forum, he is one of them.

 

You can read this on Coin Fact Encyclopedia/PCGS. That's all.:thumb::thumb:

 

really?

 

Yes... really.

 

really do ha?

 

I make a Print out and copy it then upload here from there's web site. To make it easy to read it and understand it.:thumb:

 

If you wish to bash something, at least try and get the name right. SEGS and SGS are not the same.

That said, knock SEGS all you wish, but just do it on what you see as their faults and not someone else's.

 

MAYBE A TYPO ERROR.. SGS not SEGS..

 

I'd have to wonder if your coin is so doggoned exensive, why Mr. Byers didn't include it under "significant Examples"?



I'd also question the lack of a grade since even the most expensive of coins has, at the very minimum, a grade. What you have amounts to a coin in a slab with an attribution on it. Nothing more and nothing less.

As for Mr. Hager, regardless of you're dedication to the man, there was a very good reason why his company is now at the bottom of the TPG List right next to Star Grading Service (SGS). Nobody really cares that he may have "personally" looked at it. <atter of fact, most dealers and buyers would avoid it for that very reason. Personally, I have nothing against Alan but unfortunately, his expertice has been lowered to nothing more than another coin dealer.

Whois my preferred grader (grading company)? PCGS of course just because they appear t be at the TOP of the TPG list of grading companies today. I have a lit invested in them and heaven help me if their position should ever slip...............

 

He "might" be able to get betweem $600 to $1200 for it but no more despite what he believes.

No offense intended REDWIN117.

As for the "most expensive dual denomination error coin"?

I'd have to say that this 1999 1C Lincoln Cent--Struck on 1980-D Roosevelt Dime--MS66 NGC, which sold for $5,865 at Heritage on 4/7/2006 because of the 20 years difference in dates. (It has a Grade BTW)

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=402&lotNo=1400

Eveything else seems to have sold for under 2 grand with the higher prices going to the coins with "the higher grades on the slabs".

 

BTW> there was a very good reason why his company is now at the bottom of the TPG List right next to Star Grading Service (SGS). Nobody really cares that he may have "personally" looked at it.

Read more: http://www.cointalk.com/t222859-2/#ixzz2L6cZt2UU Serious Buyer look for the Coin itself not for the name of SLAB. BUY THE COIN not the PLASTIC! The OP asking WHO is your favorite grader. I think the OP is asking the name of a Person as WHO? Not WHAT is the BEST TPG? The other member response is a Teacher..