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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2355408, member: 46237&quot;]I&#039;d go with NGC or even ANACS for tokens over PCGS for a couple reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had issues with NGC mis-attributing (and almost mis-attributing) tokens, even when I submitted them with the correct attributions listed. I&#039;ve also sent in NGC mis-attributed tokens for label correction and have had them corrected. Having said that, NGC provides <i>way</i> more information as part of their default type identification than PCGS does, so they are also more likely to get it wrong as a result.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, a coronation token I submitted to NGC last year under the default token service (no variety attribution) came back with the following identification:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1830 Austria Silver</b></p><p><b>Pressburg</b></p><p><b>Ferdinand V Coronation</b></p><p><b>(3.2g)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I really likely how NGC lists the weight, since this token has 3 types with different weights and slightly different diameters that otherwise would have the same attribution. By posting the weight, I don&#039;t have to pay for the variety attribution to have the label distinguish this.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had submitted the same token to PCGS it would have come back identified like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1830 Token</b></p><p><b>Austria</b></p><p><b>Coronation</b></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS lists so little information by default that it isn&#039;t very useful for identifying the type, especially if you need the weight to identify it (good luck getting this accurately once it&#039;s slabbed).</p><p><br /></p><p>The other nice thing about NGC is that after they do the type identification/attribution prior to grading, they post it on your submission online. I&#039;ve found that if I watch for this to post and then call customer service if I see an incorrect type attribution get added to the order, I can <i>usually</i> get them to fix it before it goes to grading. Realize that they understandably don&#039;t necessarily have the same level of expertise that an advanced collector specializing in the type of token would.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I&#039;ve never done this, but I would imagine that if one specifically paid for attribution on a token they&#039;d be more likely to get the attribution correct than with the default type attribution. Also, if you fear the attribution will be incorrect, you can always submit supporting documentation with the token for them to take into account. I did this for a scarce variety of a pattern I submitted on my last order and they got everything correct with the attribution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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