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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 2505295, member: 29643&quot;]Why is ICG not being named? eBay and PCGS both acknowledge ICG as a viable (crossover and acceptable grader) option. If you&#039;re going to say ANACS, it&#039;s only fair to say ICG, also. </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I think the following is probably the best way to answer:</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re looking for marketability, PCGS for US coins &amp; NGC for Asian coins.</p><p>If you&#039;re looking for affordability, you can&#039;t beat ANACS&#039; summer/fall/winter/spring special of $99 for 10 coins (or $89 on occasion for Insider mailers).</p><p>If you want your coins in a strong looking holder, SEGS is a good choice.</p><p>If you&#039;re looking to get higher grades for selling on eBay, ICG might be where you&#039;d like to go.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, it depends on what you&#039;re looking for. Generally this is how people view the rankings:</p><p><br /></p><p>Tier One (depends on the specific coin, but PCGS seems to get more at auction due to the registry): PCGS &amp; NGC</p><p>Just under Tier One: ANACS</p><p>Tier Two: ICG, SEGS &amp; PCI</p><p>Don&#039;t bother (for now): anyone else</p><p><br /></p><p>A rule I&#039;m trying to adopt is as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin is worth more than twice the grading premium (which is pretty huge for me, being from Hawaii), then submit the coin to PCGS/NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin isn&#039;t worth at least the grading premium, but is tough to authenticate, then ANACS is an affordable choice during their specials. Generally, the only coins truly tough to authenticate are foreign issues, ANACS&#039; US only special makes them useless for my purposes, especially now that I found out about the $6 attribution &amp; holder service by one of the members here on CT for VAM.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really use the other graders (tier two), but I will purchase coins in their holders, if they look decent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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