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<p>[QUOTE="vnickels, post: 1065453, member: 25790"]<font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black">SEGS has tried to be a respectable TPG in that it was truly a third party doing the grading (unlike SGS). As far as grading goes I have seen some of their coins that were pretty close but have also seen some that were about 2 points off. This would be a "buy the coin not the slab" kind of deal because you can find some nice coins in their slabs and usually at pretty good prices but I would make sure I knew how to grade pretty well before buying these slabs especially for anything near what a coin in the grade the label says it is is worth. SEGS lists a few of well known variety collectors/dealers as their consultants so as I said they have tried to be a true runner in the TPG market but their grading is still a little all over the map for them to be one of the big boys. </span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black">TAKEN FROM COINCOMMUNITY.COM</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"></span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="vnickels, post: 1065453, member: 25790"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]SEGS has tried to be a respectable TPG in that it was truly a third party doing the grading (unlike SGS). As far as grading goes I have seen some of their coins that were pretty close but have also seen some that were about 2 points off. This would be a "buy the coin not the slab" kind of deal because you can find some nice coins in their slabs and usually at pretty good prices but I would make sure I knew how to grade pretty well before buying these slabs especially for anything near what a coin in the grade the label says it is is worth. SEGS lists a few of well known variety collectors/dealers as their consultants so as I said they have tried to be a true runner in the TPG market but their grading is still a little all over the map for them to be one of the big boys. TAKEN FROM COINCOMMUNITY.COM [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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