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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 651277, member: 15199"]Hi Kent,</p><p><br /></p><p> In line with your request for neutrality, the below two sites should be interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.camacs.com/coin_grading_services.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.camacs.com/coin_grading_services.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.camacs.com/coin_grading_services.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In this one every TPG I have heard of is listed. No comparisons, but if there is a website listed, you can see if they sound legit. If you google "coin grading company", you can get some comparison sites.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/NNC_TPGS.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/NNC_TPGS.html" rel="nofollow">http://coinauctionshelp.com/NNC_TPGS.html</a></p><p>If you are an experienced collector of the coin type you see in a slab, the adage, " buy the coin and not the holder" is true. If not, until you feel secure and can afford to make financial mistakes with the lower level TPG, I would stay with PCGS,NCG,ICG, and ANACs. Even there, there are differences, and in some series of coins one may be better than the other, and then reverse in another set, but they won't generally be serious enough to cause you severe financial distress.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 651277, member: 15199"]Hi Kent, In line with your request for neutrality, the below two sites should be interesting. [URL]http://www.camacs.com/coin_grading_services.html[/URL] In this one every TPG I have heard of is listed. No comparisons, but if there is a website listed, you can see if they sound legit. If you google "coin grading company", you can get some comparison sites. [URL]http://coinauctionshelp.com/NNC_TPGS.html[/URL] If you are an experienced collector of the coin type you see in a slab, the adage, " buy the coin and not the holder" is true. If not, until you feel secure and can afford to make financial mistakes with the lower level TPG, I would stay with PCGS,NCG,ICG, and ANACs. Even there, there are differences, and in some series of coins one may be better than the other, and then reverse in another set, but they won't generally be serious enough to cause you severe financial distress. Jim[/QUOTE]
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