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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1597374, member: 66&quot;]I&#039;m shocked!&nbsp; It isn&#039;t very often that someone comes up with an OLD company that I haven&#039;t seen before!</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I can come up with a little information though.&nbsp; My guess is that this company morphed into Independant Grading Service.&nbsp; The certificates of the two companies are nearly identical, the only difference being the portrait of Washington on this certificate and the Loupe logo in the same location on the IGS certificate.&nbsp; Also the disclaimer on the back label of both certificates is identical.&nbsp; Both companies were from Atlanta GA, and the same post office.&nbsp; The only difference being different PO Boxes.&nbsp; This certificate is dated May of 1986, the earliest IGS certificates seen are dated Nov 1986.&nbsp; IGS disappeared in Feb 1987.</p><p><br /></p><p>It didn&#039;t sell, I should contact the seller and see if they plan on relisting it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve captured the pictures but I may never have a chance at acquiring one of these.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is another company called American Coin Grading Service but it came much later, used slabs, and was located in AZ.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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