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<p>[QUOTE="The Half Dime, post: 25232356, member: 153164"]Lots of us new collectors have likely heard of SGS, but when you go to their website, ........nothing. However, after some digging, I actually found it!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111219001116/http://www.stargrading.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111219001116/http://www.stargrading.org/" rel="nofollow">SGS - Star Grading Services Home (archive.org)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This was found on the Wayback Machine, and along with it are some photos I'd like to show you:[ATTACH=full]1608149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1608150[/ATTACH]</p><p>First of all, that CC Morgan dollar is closer to a 60 than a 66, but it is probably DMPL. The quarter is closer to a 66.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, in the submission form that they had, I just had to download it because I am wondering if they truly took submissions. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, this is another thing I wanted to showcase, as it's quite awesome when an archive website can bring the past into the present. I wasn't even alive yet when SGS started grading coins, so this interests me just that much more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that this has been found, hopefully we can find others like GEC, TCGS (yes, the company that got shut down for mail fraud), and maybe even others which, well, tried to be real. It's sure to be quite an awesome journey! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Half Dime, post: 25232356, member: 153164"]Lots of us new collectors have likely heard of SGS, but when you go to their website, ........nothing. However, after some digging, I actually found it! [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20111219001116/http://www.stargrading.org/']SGS - Star Grading Services Home (archive.org)[/URL] This was found on the Wayback Machine, and along with it are some photos I'd like to show you:[ATTACH=full]1608149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1608150[/ATTACH] First of all, that CC Morgan dollar is closer to a 60 than a 66, but it is probably DMPL. The quarter is closer to a 66. However, in the submission form that they had, I just had to download it because I am wondering if they truly took submissions. Anyways, this is another thing I wanted to showcase, as it's quite awesome when an archive website can bring the past into the present. I wasn't even alive yet when SGS started grading coins, so this interests me just that much more. Now that this has been found, hopefully we can find others like GEC, TCGS (yes, the company that got shut down for mail fraud), and maybe even others which, well, tried to be real. It's sure to be quite an awesome journey! ;)[/QUOTE]
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