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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 270588, member: 8033&quot;]I just wonder how long it will take SGS to topple PCGS. They have so much to offer!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first currency I&#039;ve seen slabbed by them and just guess who the seller is. Come on GUESS!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://auctions.overstock.com/item/42105726" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://auctions.overstock.com/item/42105726" rel="nofollow">http://auctions.overstock.com/item/42105726</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, I knew they were starting to slab currency as well. Actually the note does look pretty nice and (get this) may actually be correctly graded. Of course you can still buy fresh packs of silver certificates so there are a lot of CU63 notes to be had.</p><p><br /></p><p>What gets me is the grading categories offered for non-CU notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Currency Grading</p><p>Bills which receive UNC (60) or above will receive letter and number grades, </p><p>and below that bills will be designated as either AU (Almost Uncirculated), </p><p>FN (Fine), or GD (Good).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I know this might irritate some people but bear with me. Die hard currency collectors do not call them &quot;bills&quot;. They are notes and it would seem that a reputable grading company would refer to them as same.</p><p>Not CU so it gets AU, FN or GD. Scuse me - what happened to EF, VF, VG etc. These grades occur in currency as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why did I post this in Coin Chat? Well, for starters it will most likely get more hits. Now here&#039;s a coin part from their site.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;We are now Certifying and Authenticating some different Circulated-type coins.</p><p>These coins, being circulated, would not benefit from being graded, but would</p><p>benefit from being certified.&nbsp; With SGS you know it&#039;s Authentic.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>WOW, they will now Authenticate SOME coins as being real without assigning a grade?&nbsp; So if I send in a G4 large cent for example and even they can&#039;t give it an MS60 at least they&#039;ll charge me to say it&#039;s really a large cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Man, these guys just plain ROCK![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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