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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7793341, member: 24314&quot;]Mike Thorne, posted: &quot;A dealer once told me that dealers think that ICG stands for &quot;I Can&#039;t Grade.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That&#039;s something no one has ever heard before - NOT.</p><p><br /></p><p>If this member is the published numismatist, Mike Thorne, he <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> appears to be seriously uninformed and living in the past concerning the subject of TPGS&#039;s but I will give him credit for at least knowing that ICG actually exists. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mike, I don&#039;t know how many coin dealers you have dealt with face-to-face in your long career but if you have 1/10 of the experience I have dealing with their coins and their level of expertise, you would have realized by now that ICG is not the one&nbsp; that cannot grade, detect cleaning/damage/repairs, or authenticate coins. It&#039;s lucky for at least 85% of them that TPGS&#039;s exist!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>PS&nbsp; I once tried to start a thread on ALL the possible words we can us to describe every TPGS but it was removed.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ICG, NGC, and PCGS are especially subject to some really funny combinations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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