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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2653708, member: 59677&quot;]ACG was a perfectly reputable slabbing company <b>at the start</b>. In fact, the 1st patent for a coin slab is the ACG photoslab.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, they were also the 1st to discover the &#039;advantages&#039; of market vs. technical grading during a period where the big 3 still held to technical grading. And so ACG was widely condemned for over grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Hagar was also litigious to the point where 30 years on, some people still froth at the mouth upon hearing his name. </p><p><br /></p><p>They also franchised the ACG name, with branches in Iowa and California. And would, for a fee, slab coins under your company name. For a larger fee they would set you up with a turn-key operation (using the ACG style slab).</p><p><br /></p><p>The company relocated from Connecticut to Florida. Eventually, the company went to his wife (divorce?) and disbanded.</p><p><br /></p><p>(all of this is in the public records from the various states)</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever happened to the ACG shell molds and the sealing machine(s) is unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p>Macablege is a completely separate organization, although it&#039;s been reported that he does and does not have an ownership stake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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