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#1722454 - 05/23/07 04:23 PM Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup)
CurrierVentures CurrierVentures Collector is an understatement. Registered: 06/01/06 Posts: 146	I am going to keep this thread focused on listing "grading" companies and their wbesites. Name Est. Website ACCGS American Coin Club Grading Service http://accgs.org ACG ASA-Accugrade 1984 http://asa-accugrade.com ACGS American Coin Grading Service 2002 http://acgsinc.hypermart.net AGS American Grading Service http://americangradingservice.com ANACS American Numismatic Association Certification Service 1972 http://anacs.com ASA ASA-Accugrade 1984 http://asa-accugrade.com CCGS Capitol Coin Grading Service http://ccgscoins.com DCGS Digital Coin Grading Service http://dcgscoins.com FSC Fiducial Select Capitol http://fiducialselect.com GCS Global Certification Service 2001 http://globalcertified.com ICG Independent Coin Grading 1998 http://icgcoin.com INB MCCS Millennium Coin Certification Services NCS Numismatic Conservation Services 2001 http://ncscoin.com NGC Numismatic Guaranty Corporation 1987 http://ngccoin.com NGS NuGrade Service NGS Numismatic Grading Service NNC National Numismatic Certification 2003 http://nnccoingrading.com NSCGS New Standard Coin Grading Service NTC Numis Trust Corporation PCC Premier Certified Coins PCGA Premier Coin Grading and Authentication PCGS Professional Coin Grading Service 1986 http://pcgs.com PCI Photo-Certified Coin Institute 1986 http://pcicoins.com PGS Professional Grading Service SDGS Silver Dollar Grading Service SEGS Sovereign Entities Grading Service 1998 http://segsgrading.com SGS Star Grading Service http://stargrading.org TGS TruGrade Service 2002 http://trugradeservice.com WCG World Coin Grading Company http://worldcoingrading.com Some of these may have been lost. Please respond if you previously added to the list. _________________________ NumisGuard.com
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#1722455 - 05/23/07 04:50 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: CurrierVentures]
dooly dooly If you have a dream about out-posting me, you better wake up and apologize. Registered: 02/23/07 Posts: 2877 Loc: Northumberland UK	Just thaught i would add the UK grading sevice for you CGS they use a 1-100 grading scale http://www.cgs-uk.biz/home Edited by dooly (05/23/07 04:52 PM) _________________________ http://Support-the-Collectors-Society.com/merchant/doolyscoins STUFF FOR SALE ON EBAY >> POP IN AND SEE ME $\:\)$ There is no such thing as a lucky person only a person who looks !
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#1722456 - 05/23/07 05:00 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: CurrierVentures]
Scott B Scott B If you have a dream about out-posting me, you better wake up and apologize. Registered: 08/17/06 Posts: 2993 Loc: Maryland 'burbs of DC	Two comments on your list: 1. ANACS dropped the expansion of the name when they were made independent from the ANA. Now owned by Amos Press, the ANACS acronym does not have an official meaning. 2. On your website, the emboldened "most widely accepted" TPGS should also include ICG. Judging by the "high end" auction listings, you are as likely to see an ICG slabbed coin as you would an ANACS slabbed coin. Others may also say PCI, but I have not seen that many PCI slabbed coins in these auctions. Otherwise, good job!! Scott _________________________ Coin Collector's Blog - A Blog by a Coin Collector for Coin Collectors
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#1722457 - 05/23/07 05:27 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: Scott B]
Doogy Doogy Talkative? Registered: 08/08/06 Posts: 608	I concur with Scott: when i started collecting, i always heard people refer to the 'big 4' NGC, PCGS, ANACS and ICG. ICG does seem to have some good credibility. In fact, i read recently some study conducted by the PNG and the ANA (if i recall correctly). Anyway, they rated the grading services: NGC and PCGS got a 'superior' ANACS and ICG got a 'good' the rest rated from 'poor' to 'unacceptable'
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#1722458 - 05/23/07 06:04 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: Doogy]
ibyandsellsmith ibyandsellsmith Bid more or post more... tough one... Registered: 01/16/07 Posts: 956 Loc: Harrisonville, Missouri.	Sorry but ICG was not rated good, they were, however, in the poor section.
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#1722459 - 05/23/07 06:12 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: ibyandsellsmith]
zoins zoins Chatzilla Registered: 10/23/06 Posts: 2391	Quote: Sorry but ICG was not rated good, they were, however, in the poor section. Really? They were rated Average (above Poor and below Superior), the same as ANACS, in these PNG/ITCTA Grading Survey Results. What survey are you thinking of? _________________________ Coin Clubs List
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#1722460 - 05/23/07 06:18 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: zoins]
CurrierVentures CurrierVentures Collector is an understatement. Registered: 06/01/06 Posts: 146	Nice link... http://www.ecoinprices.com/Coin-Grading-Survey-Results.htm _________________________ NumisGuard.com
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#1722461 - 05/23/07 06:32 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: CurrierVentures]
Doogy Doogy Talkative? Registered: 08/08/06 Posts: 608	thanks for the link! i was doing it from memory, and had rememberd that ANACS and ICG were in the 'good' category, when that terminology didn't exist. What my point should have been however is that they were ranked 'second tier'.
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#1722462 - 05/23/07 06:34 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: Doogy]
zoins zoins Chatzilla Registered: 10/23/06 Posts: 2391	Quote: my point should have been however is that they were ranked 'second tier'. Actually, they are in the third tier. No one made it to the first tier, Outstanding. _________________________ Coin Clubs List
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#1722463 - 05/23/07 06:39 PM Re: Grading Company List (formerly Alphabet Soup) [Re: zoins]
Doogy Doogy Talkative? Registered: 08/08/06 Posts: 608	Quote: Quote: my point should have been however is that they were ranked 'second tier'. Actually, they are in the third tier. No one made it to the first tier, Outstanding. picky, picky, picky! ha ha
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