German AV 5 Mark 1877-J Slabbed as AV 10 Mark 1877-J I just won a Bolivia AV 1/2 Escudo 1852-FJ MS-64 on slab it reads 1/2 Sol!!!!!
Speaking of TPGs...ANACS will be continuing their sale of 12 coins for $99.00 & 30 coins graded for $199.00 thru December...nice break in view of the Holidays. Also they are tossing around the opportunities for getting into Currency grading, personally I think it is a missed marketing opportunity for them. I mention these things because without adequate competition, you have to know prices thru the other TPG services will skyrocket. We owe it to "ourselves" to support them where possible. Some of you seem to know which of the TPG services do the best grading on which coins...such information as this would be very helpful to one and all. I'm sure not everyone will agree with my line of thinking (try not to beat me up too badly please) perhaps no one will agree, but it is a thought. If enough collectors (who do have their coins graded/I know not everyone does) do send some of the Market share in their (ANACS) direction the others might begin to think twice about the lack of customer service they seem to provide, a statement based solely on the comments in our Forum.
I had to stay quiet....auction took place this afternoon. YES....I managed to get the coin for 600 euros/ way cheaper then what a MS-66 Hamburg 1877-J Five Marks would fetch at auction.
Leaving PCGS out of this because EVERYBODY KNOWS about their customer service. What exactly have you heard about NGC or ICG having bad customer service? Perhaps you can provide the threads on this forum where you read the complaints. Thanks!
