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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 5993, member: 824&quot;]<b>SGS grading...who are these guys??</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree to stay away from SGS grading.&nbsp; Here&#039;s why...first, there is no phone number listed for this &quot;grading&quot; service.&nbsp; Second, there is no business listed anywhere in the local business directory for that area.&nbsp; Third, their website is nothing more than a single page of pretty much nothing.&nbsp; Fourth and probably my biggest reason never to buy their graded coins, they seem to work with an ebay seller, &quot;Aboncom&quot; that sells primarily SGS graded coins!&nbsp; This seller is listed in the SAME area as SGS coins!&nbsp; Hmmmmmm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, 99% of their coins have a MS70 or PR70 grading.&nbsp; I was tempted to bid and buy two of these graded coins and I was disappointed when I received them.&nbsp; The slab was made of cheap fishing-tackle plastic and the grade was not a PR70.&nbsp; Their &quot;seal&quot; was nothing more than a gold foil tape on the top and bottom of the slab.&nbsp; Their certificate was something that came out of a word.doc.&nbsp; I took this to my local dealer and he laughed at me.&nbsp; Not convinced, I sent them to PCGS (for a crossover) and they wouldn&#039;t grade them since I put PR68DCAM as the minimum grade.&nbsp; Both didn&#039;t make a PR68DCAM grade and they were both &quot;certified&quot; as PR70DCAM!&nbsp; NOT!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I think is goinig on...Aboncom (ebay seller) set up their own grading service so that novice&#039;s like myself would gladly bid on a 70 grade.&nbsp; Why not?&nbsp; All looks good and this will surely drive up the bids under the ultimate &quot;70 grade&quot; being wiggled in front of your face.&nbsp; I contacted them and I was quickly &quot;blocked&quot; from doing any business with them.&nbsp; It makes sense...both Aboncom and SGS reside in the same state and I bet they are very close to one another...if not one in the same!&nbsp; Aboncom and SGS slabs are ONE in the SAME!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Going forward, I only buy (sight unseen) PCGS, NGC and ICG slabbed coins.&nbsp; A lesson I learned, so don&#039;t fall for this 70 grade when it is NOT![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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