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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 129961, member: 66&quot;]But if you also accept outside submissions and grade them for a fee, then you are a Third Party Grader.&nbsp; (Ok maybe not independent)&nbsp; SGS does advertise that they accept outside submissions.&nbsp; (Whether or not they receive any I can&#039;t say.)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And they do have some more seperation but many of the owners of PCGS and NGC are also major dealers buying and selling the slabs of their company.&nbsp; Submiting?&nbsp; I can&#039;t say.&nbsp; David Hall says that his firm doesn&#039;t submitt to PCGS.&nbsp; But I sometimes have my doubts.&nbsp; And it would be very easy to simply have someone submit for them.&nbsp; In the early years the owners and employees of the top grading services were not permitted to buy or sell coins.&nbsp; Then it changed to just the graders couldn&#039;t buy or sell and the owners went back into the business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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