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<p>[QUOTE="clembo, post: 236801, member: 8033"]First of all I would like to state that coin grading is subjective (ever heard that before?) and I am ONLY expressing my OPINIONS on the subjective manner in which coins are graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now onto the meat of the matter. </p><p><br /></p><p>I see GEC popping up these days. You can see the website here.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gecgrading.com/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gecgrading.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gecgrading.com/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>WOW! Can you say disclaimers? Impressive actually but I have yet to find a contact link on the site.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently found a GEC coin on ebay here.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2o6j3c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/2o6j3c" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/2o6j3c</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This part of the auction struck me as odd.</p><p><br /></p><p>"TRENDS GUIDES VALUE THIS COLLECTION AT OVER $23,000. ALL ARE SLABBED BY GEC AND CERTIFIED AS MS-67. ALL ARE BRIGHT WHITE COINS. YOU WILL SOMETIMES SEE THESE COINS SELLING FOR $150. TO $200. EACH ON EBAY. GREAT INVESTMENT LOT!"</p><p><br /></p><p>Now this is a five coin set. If they sold at $200 each wouldn't that leave us at well under $23,000. By my ciphering it would and I have asked the seller about this.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I know that some people have a negative opinion of SGS. You can look at them here.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://stargrading.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stargrading.org/" rel="nofollow">http://stargrading.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So, I'm leaving it up to you and your OPINIONS. Not wanting to sound negative which one of these fine services is better?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clembo, post: 236801, member: 8033"]First of all I would like to state that coin grading is subjective (ever heard that before?) and I am ONLY expressing my OPINIONS on the subjective manner in which coins are graded. Now onto the meat of the matter. I see GEC popping up these days. You can see the website here. [url]http://www.gecgrading.com/index.html[/url] WOW! Can you say disclaimers? Impressive actually but I have yet to find a contact link on the site. I recently found a GEC coin on ebay here. [url]http://tinyurl.com/2o6j3c[/url] This part of the auction struck me as odd. "TRENDS GUIDES VALUE THIS COLLECTION AT OVER $23,000. ALL ARE SLABBED BY GEC AND CERTIFIED AS MS-67. ALL ARE BRIGHT WHITE COINS. YOU WILL SOMETIMES SEE THESE COINS SELLING FOR $150. TO $200. EACH ON EBAY. GREAT INVESTMENT LOT!" Now this is a five coin set. If they sold at $200 each wouldn't that leave us at well under $23,000. By my ciphering it would and I have asked the seller about this. Now I know that some people have a negative opinion of SGS. You can look at them here. [url]http://stargrading.org/[/url] So, I'm leaving it up to you and your OPINIONS. Not wanting to sound negative which one of these fine services is better?[/QUOTE]
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