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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2813661, member: 24314&quot;]DISCLAIMER:&nbsp; I know many of the folks at the TPGS you all are writing about; yet I&#039;ll tell it like it is in my posts (an opinion from my perspective).&nbsp; Just as I fuss at opinions from members here, I&#039;ll bash the TPGS if necessary but I&#039;ll always try to be fair.&nbsp; Here goes:</p><p><br /></p><p>Paddy54, posted: &quot;I disagree as&nbsp; collectors like myself would look at an Anacs slab actually before a pcgs or NGC. I hear this echoed time and time again and at shows seen Ana s slabs go out the door as fast or even faster than the other two.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this is an exaggeration to make a point.&nbsp; I&#039;ll suggest that all of us look at the products from EVERY service.&nbsp; If you cannot grade on par with a professional, I&#039;ll also suggest you look at slabs graded by the top two services FIRST as they sell better.&nbsp; There are &quot;rips&quot; in all slabs.&nbsp; Hold out for a cheaper price if buying SEGS, ICG, or ANACS.&nbsp; To say that ANACS slabs sell faster (when not very deeply discounted) than the others is <b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">NUTS</span></b> from what I see and hear.&nbsp; Most collectors will not buy any coin unless graded by NGC or PCGS.&nbsp; The guys at ANACS are equal to anyone.&nbsp; Unfortunately their product is not and the ugliest slab ever made does not help their bottom line.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect them to be around in 3-4 years.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Paddy54, posted: That depends&nbsp; again on whom you&#039;re talking to....Anacs will slab and note just about any variety the other 2 only a handful picked few.</p><p>As a variety collector I find more in Anacs then again the other 2.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have varieties there are only two services to use ANACS or ICG. Both do just about anything that is listed somewhere.&nbsp; Nevertheless, if it is a &quot;big&quot; one that either NGC or PCGS does, send it to one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>H8_modern, posted: I agree their grading is fine and in some cases stricter than the big 2. My comment is based on my experience selling. Anecdotal as it is, that&#039;s what I&#039;ve seen and as noted above that&#039;s been what [USER=43130]@C-B-D[/USER] has experienced as well.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, so that makes four of us.</p><p><br /></p><p>jwitten, posted: &quot;I have a few gold Indians that have matching die cracks, etc. Wonder if they do discovery coins on those? How do you know if something is known or discovered yet?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point in time, only specialists care about die breaks. Some are sought out as neat mint errors or varieties.&nbsp; So, the best you can hope for is to have things such as &quot;Major Die Break,&quot; &quot;Cud,&quot; &quot;Shattered Die,&quot; etc. as is done by ICG and others.&nbsp;&nbsp; Until a website is set up or a book of different die breaks is published, that&#039;s the best you can hope for.&nbsp; IMO, such a web site would be extremely popular!&nbsp; Why not start one?</p><p><br /></p><p>jester3681, posted: &quot;I&#039;m done wasting my money on fly-by-night outfits like ANACS, PCGS, and NGC. I&#039;m saving my money and rarities for the Wooderson Galleries &amp; Rare Coins team. I hear they have a new facility in the works... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">This is the funniest post I&#039;ve read in months!</span>&nbsp; Gee, I wonder if I can buy some stock in the new service?&nbsp; I certainly hope that WG&amp;RC realizes that the cost to start any grading service is well over $150,000 and since the first TPGS was established, over a dozen are no longer around - including the first one.&nbsp; So, I&#039;ll bet we&#039;re going to get just another &quot;sticker&quot; service.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Someone posted a photo of his grading team:<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/screenshot_20170731-220044-jpg.658434/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think I see some of my friends: Cracked-Eye, Whatsit, Wink, Blink, Nod, Sleepy, Dummy, and One-Eye.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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