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Re: huh oh SGC president quits...

It seems to me that a BGS 9.5 is a PSA 10. And that a BGS 10 is only for insiders. Similar to a comic book CGC 10.

A BGS 9.5 being 20 to 40 percent of a PSA 10 seems to me to be complete BS. If you say you think that is so because BGS has made errors in the past, PSA has made errors too. There isn't very much consistency in the card grading industry.

BGS has the best slab. BGS likely more name recognition than even PSA. The worst part about BGS is that they have too many service levels. And that their 10 is pretty much an imaginary thing. Far to rare to be considered a legitimate grade compared to other card grading companies 10s.

One dealer once told me that he thought PSA was the McDonalds of sports card grading. Some people really like McDonalds though. PSA does have billions served. Millions served every month? A million cards is quite a lot of cards to go through. Nobody on this board ever says anything about the number of cards BGS goes through a month.

You guys are also talking like the number 2 spot is empty. Misinformation coming from the people who are supposed to be the experts is a big problem.

CardGeek

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Re: Major gold theft

@MFeld said:

@braddick said:

@MFeld said:

@logger7 said:
Who else but Apmex?

Investigating Agency: Confidential

Offense: Theft

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Date of Offense: 7/16/2025

NCIC is assisting a financial institution and a Federal Law Enforcement Agency in the investigation of a major gold theft. The offense resulted in the loss of $15 million dollars in one ounce American gold eagles. The financial institution is offering a $50,000 reward for the recovery of the gold and the positive identification of the suspects.

The attachment below will provide additional details.

Oklahoma City Theft

Anyone with information contact:

Doug Davis

817-723-7231

Doug@numismaticcrimes.org

I’m very sorry to hear that. Why did you write “ Who else but Apmex?” ? Are they the only company you think could suffer a “major gold theft”?

Who else has 4,477 single gold once ounce eagles available for a theft?
I ask sincerely.
I'd think AMEX is about the only firm.

I don’t know if they’re the only such firm but it wouldn’t surprise me if there were others.
That aside, if the question “Who else but Apmex?” had been at the end of the post (after the details were disclosed) rather than the beginning, it wouldn’t have aroused my curiosity the same way.

One thing I’ve learned on the forum is that you do not want to arouse Mark.

Morgan White

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Re: Where's the lamination here? I can't find it.

Normally it gets an error label. I've never had someone return a coin as ungradeable due to lamination.

pcgsregistrycollector

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Re: Major gold theft

@logger7 said:

@MFeld said:

@logger7 said:
Who else but Apmex?

Investigating Agency: Confidential

Offense: Theft

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Date of Offense: 7/16/2025

NCIC is assisting a financial institution and a Federal Law Enforcement Agency in the investigation of a major gold theft. The offense resulted in the loss of $15 million dollars in one ounce American gold eagles. The financial institution is offering a $50,000 reward for the recovery of the gold and the positive identification of the suspects.

The attachment below will provide additional details.

Oklahoma City Theft

Anyone with information contact:

Doug Davis

817-723-7231

Doug@numismaticcrimes.org

I’m very sorry to hear that. Why did you write “ Who else but Apmex?” ? Are they the only company you think could suffer a “major gold theft”?

No but in Oklahoma City is there anyone else?

My immediate thought the second I saw the details. No doubt it has to be the Big A solely based on location. Are there details regarding the "theft"? THKS!

blitzdude

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Re: Major gold theft

Honestly, when it stated oklahoma city, and that much, First thing I thought was "wonder if it was apmex?"
It would be intresting to know the details, and how they managed to pull that off with that type of firm if so. One of the larger bullion firms I know, and seen first hand, security is extremely tight, and vault is heavily fortified.