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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 335543, member: 9270&quot;]<u><b>If</b></u> you want slabbed coins, stick with respected Third Party Graders (TPGs.)</p><p>(I say &quot;if&quot; because you&#039;ll find people on both sides of that argument. But that&#039;s not your question.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Don&#039;t buy slabbed coins for the grade. Learn to do your own grading.</p><p>The reason to buy slabbed coins is to know the coin is real (authentication) and to know it hasn&#039;t been tampered with (cleaned.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To that end stick with the following TPGs:</p><p>PCGS</p><p>NGC</p><p>ICG</p><p>ANACS</p><p>NCS (coins that have been &quot;conserved&quot;, not &quot;cleaned&quot;. A whole &#039;nother debate there.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>TPGs whose grading may be a bit shaky, but are legit:</p><p>SEGS</p><p>PCI</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>ICCS (well respected Canadian grader)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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