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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3097851, member: 24314&quot;]Hey, thanks for the tag! </p><p><br /></p><p>I grade and authenticate coins for ICG.&nbsp; Wish I could add something to the OP&#039;s question but to be honest, I didn&#039;t even know any of our coins were sold on TV <b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">except</span></b> back when the Presidential dollars came out each year. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for buying coins from <b>ANY</b> TV shopping networks, either raw or slabbed by <b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">ANY</span></b> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">TPGS </span>- it&#039;s mainly done by ignorant (that word means &quot;Uninformed&quot; in case some ignorant member is reading this reply) folks or those without access to the Internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I should not expect to read ignorant statements from CT &quot;regulars&quot; here but apparently I expected too much. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> There are four major grading services.</span></b>&nbsp; Anyone who says different is either <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)"><b>IGNORANT! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">or has an <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> &quot;agenda.&quot; </span></span>NGC &amp; PCGS are considered the top two services and ICG &amp; ANACS are the second tier.&nbsp; <i>There are reasons for this based on marketing, perceived value, and trade practices to eliminate fair competition.</i>&nbsp; Ignorant folks have no clue what goes on &quot;behind the scenes&quot; to keep things as they are.&nbsp; The actual folks who work at each of these places could be switched around (it has happened many times) with no noticeable change to the product they send out. </p><p><br /></p><p>Each service makes grading and authentication errors.&nbsp; Therefore, we can find counterfeits and over graded coins in each slab.&nbsp; Fortunately for ICG and ANACS, <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">the other services have more errors out there</span> due to the volume of coins they slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each of us can use whichever TPGS we like as each service has pluses and minuses.&nbsp; I&#039;m not going to list them.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll leave you all with an example of <b><i><u><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">IGNORANCE</span></u></i></b>: &quot;<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0)"><b><i>Nobody views ICG as a legitimate grading service</i></b></span>.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; An educated person who is qualified to have an informed opinion would not use &quot;absolutes&quot; such as &quot;everyone,&quot; &quot;all,&quot; and &quot;nobody&quot; when <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie90" alt=":spitoutdummy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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