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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 8520968, member: 116145&quot;]Yes, the Big Four (and only ones eBay allows to list grades for) are PCGS, NGC, ICG and ANACS.&nbsp; SEGS doesn&#039;t meet eBay standards.&nbsp; I wonder if SEGS has made changes that will allow them to join the other four?&nbsp; That would be interesting.&nbsp; This is from 2012:</p><p>Listings for coins will be allowed to include a numeric grade in their listing title or item description only if the coin grading company providing the grade meets certain objective standards. Coins that haven’t been graded by such companies will be considered raw or ungraded.”</p><p><br /></p><p>In the press release, Brooke Segaran, eBay’s senior manager of collectibles, is quoted as saying, “The coin industry is extremely dynamic and exciting, and eBay’s goal is to continue to offer new ways for collectors to connect with dealers in the most trusted experience possible.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction company worked with John Albanese, founder of Certified Acceptance Corp. and Numismatic Consumer Alliance, to develop the standards for third-party grading services that must be met for listing coins as “certified” on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the new rules, grading services must meet the following criteria:</p><p><br /></p><p>The company must have graded at least 50,000 pre-1956 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The grading service must possess a live, online population report.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company must employ at least three graders on its staff who are considered “numismatic experts” (according to the eBay policy, “an individual who has been a full-time numismatist for at least five years”). At least one of the three graders should be a member of Professional Numismatists Guild and all three should be members of the American Numismatic Association.</p><p><br /></p><p>The firm must have a stated buyback guarantee in writing for coins later determined to be counterfeit, damaged, over- or mis-graded, or misattributed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins being encapsulated must be kept in “unique, state-of-the-art, tamper-resistant holders with anti-counterfeiting measures” (for example, holograms). Archival materials should be used wherever possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company must enable online verification of unique serial numbers on its holders.</p><p><a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/varied-reactions-in-response-to-new-ebay-coin.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/varied-reactions-in-response-to-new-ebay-coin.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/varied-reactions-in-response-to-new-ebay-coin.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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