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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2407993, member: 78153&quot;]I don&#039;t believe having CGS as the only grading company is one of the primary reasons.&nbsp; In the US, there are many TPG but only two matter to most buyers and sellers, NGC and PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lower price level versus the US may be a factor but in the US, there are millions of (primarily NCLT) coins whose value is nominal or predominantly the result of the slab grade.&nbsp; Mostly, I believe TPG is not popular elsewhere because collectors just don&#039;t like it, don&#039;t want to waste their money on plastic, don&#039;t care about the minimal differences in (supposed) quality which are such a big deal to US collectors and would rather spend their budget on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for CGS, to my knowledge, they are owned by London Coins.&nbsp; I have on occasion bought from their auctions and if their catalogers are also their graders, I would be wary as a US buyer of buying a coin in this holder sign unseen without a return privilege.&nbsp; Their standard of &quot;market acceptability&quot; differs based upon my limited sample.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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