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<p>[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 5434055, member: 116145"][ATTACH=full]1236250[/ATTACH] </p><p>Yes, ICG is considered one of the big 4 - PCGS, NGC, ANACS and ICG by most collectors & dealers. Ebay only allows coins that have been graded or slabbed by those 4 companies to be sold AS graded. The market puts a premium on PCGS slabbed coins, but we all aspire to buy the coin, not the slab, and I've had nothing but good luck with all four of these TPGS, and for simplicity, quality and price there's no beating ICG in my book. I'm putting together 2 slabbed SLQ sets (one G-VG, and now I'm working on one VF-AU) (and 2 raw sets in Whitman albums) and while I may have my FR2 Details 1916 reslabbed in a PCGS slab at some point (it's quite happy in an ICG slab for now), I trust ICG to grade and slab my coins. I'm a collector, not a dealer though. In my experience you're much more likely to find a great deal in an ANACS or an ICG slab - because people think PCGS and NGC are better. Speaking of which, I just got this ICG slabbed EF-40 in todays mail -[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MIGuy, post: 5434055, member: 116145"][ATTACH=full]1236250[/ATTACH] Yes, ICG is considered one of the big 4 - PCGS, NGC, ANACS and ICG by most collectors & dealers. Ebay only allows coins that have been graded or slabbed by those 4 companies to be sold AS graded. The market puts a premium on PCGS slabbed coins, but we all aspire to buy the coin, not the slab, and I've had nothing but good luck with all four of these TPGS, and for simplicity, quality and price there's no beating ICG in my book. I'm putting together 2 slabbed SLQ sets (one G-VG, and now I'm working on one VF-AU) (and 2 raw sets in Whitman albums) and while I may have my FR2 Details 1916 reslabbed in a PCGS slab at some point (it's quite happy in an ICG slab for now), I trust ICG to grade and slab my coins. I'm a collector, not a dealer though. In my experience you're much more likely to find a great deal in an ANACS or an ICG slab - because people think PCGS and NGC are better. Speaking of which, I just got this ICG slabbed EF-40 in todays mail -[/QUOTE]
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