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<p>[QUOTE="iPen, post: 2353983, member: 69760"]I've recently started to admire and more seriously collect some of these Civil War and other 19th century tokens, and I'd like to submit them for grading, attribution, etc. Is there a TPG that's more experienced / better at it? I read that NGC has more experience than PCGS - is NGC known to be the TPG authority with respect to tokens of this era?</p><p><br /></p><p>I've also read that NGC incorrectly attributes a noticeable but a minority of the tokens they grade. Is this true today or has NGC improved? Has PCGS been more accurate?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I have an idea of what HT numbers these are, and I will mark what I believe they are down on the submission form. But, I'm concerned that it'll be incorrect and the TPGs may simply label my tokens by what's written down. So, I'll probably make a thread before submitting them on CT to get your thoughts on which ones I think they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, from your experience, do slabbed prices actually reflect the token leaders, or is it a toss up between the two? I feel that tokens are more of a specialty item that gets much more attention with more serious collectors than your average person who may own a few Morgans and such. That said, I'd think that slabbed token prices would be reflective of the coin itself rather than the slab it's in, but that would simply be my speculation without data.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="iPen, post: 2353983, member: 69760"]I've recently started to admire and more seriously collect some of these Civil War and other 19th century tokens, and I'd like to submit them for grading, attribution, etc. Is there a TPG that's more experienced / better at it? I read that NGC has more experience than PCGS - is NGC known to be the TPG authority with respect to tokens of this era? I've also read that NGC incorrectly attributes a noticeable but a minority of the tokens they grade. Is this true today or has NGC improved? Has PCGS been more accurate? Also, I have an idea of what HT numbers these are, and I will mark what I believe they are down on the submission form. But, I'm concerned that it'll be incorrect and the TPGs may simply label my tokens by what's written down. So, I'll probably make a thread before submitting them on CT to get your thoughts on which ones I think they are. And, from your experience, do slabbed prices actually reflect the token leaders, or is it a toss up between the two? I feel that tokens are more of a specialty item that gets much more attention with more serious collectors than your average person who may own a few Morgans and such. That said, I'd think that slabbed token prices would be reflective of the coin itself rather than the slab it's in, but that would simply be my speculation without data. Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]
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