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<p>[QUOTE="BigTee44, post: 3208952, member: 41883"]Honestly I don’t think they’re a bad company. You’ll see a lot of lower value coins in ICG but I wouldn’t not look at a coin in one of their slabs. I can’t speak to modern coinage but they seem to be fair with type coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a collection a few years back where most were ICG Morgan’s. The coins were sold at a discount but they looked properly graded. You’ll see coins overgraded in all slabs just like you’ll see under graded coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I first became a member in here it was don’t buy ANACS unless it was in the soap box holder. ICG is the new ANACS and some are even trying to kick NGC down to the new old ANACS and just claim PCGS as the ultimate grading company.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly I don’t think it would be healthy for the hobby to only have one major grading company.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the decline in some of the markets you would think some of the bigger companies would run specials like I see ANACS sending emails with their specials. At $20/30 and $24/35 it’s hard to send coins valued under $100 for their services. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think that’s where ICG and ANACS come in. They’re not a basement slabbing company by any means.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BigTee44, post: 3208952, member: 41883"]Honestly I don’t think they’re a bad company. You’ll see a lot of lower value coins in ICG but I wouldn’t not look at a coin in one of their slabs. I can’t speak to modern coinage but they seem to be fair with type coins. I bought a collection a few years back where most were ICG Morgan’s. The coins were sold at a discount but they looked properly graded. You’ll see coins overgraded in all slabs just like you’ll see under graded coins. When I first became a member in here it was don’t buy ANACS unless it was in the soap box holder. ICG is the new ANACS and some are even trying to kick NGC down to the new old ANACS and just claim PCGS as the ultimate grading company. Honestly I don’t think it would be healthy for the hobby to only have one major grading company. With the decline in some of the markets you would think some of the bigger companies would run specials like I see ANACS sending emails with their specials. At $20/30 and $24/35 it’s hard to send coins valued under $100 for their services. I think that’s where ICG and ANACS come in. They’re not a basement slabbing company by any means.[/QUOTE]
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