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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2950906, member: 59677&quot;]Probably.</p><p><br /></p><p>ACG itself started reputably, then discovered market grading... then, well, &#039;nuf said.</p><p><br /></p><p>But they also did two other, um, services... for $25K (real money in the late 80s) they would set you up as your own xPG and sell you shells. For some per/coin fee, they would also encapsulate (EAAS - Encapsulation As A Service in today&#039;s parlance) whatever you wanted.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this EAAS world, there were several FPGs and wanna-be TPGs (I think Condor says around 20). There were also some unlicensed usage (First Token is one I have an example of).</p><p><br /></p><p>New to me, a pair of &quot;Swinehart Numismatics&quot; 1887 &quot;Mint State&quot; Morgan dollars showed up on eBay this month. The seller graciously split them so I could buy just one.[ATTACH=full]720803[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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