INL Grading Service

ilmcoins

I came across these today. I was not familiar with this company from the 80s.

jesbroken

I would be concerned about the material in the holders. Don't know but that old, yet they show no signs of deterioration. Like ilmcoins, I have never heard of them as a grading company.
Jim

Goldbully

Ah yes the 1980's

koynekwest

Never heard of it.

Smudge

Not familiar with them either.

ChangeInHistory

That's a new one to me

vulcanize

Long time ago when I was researching IGA before an eBay purchase, had stumbled across a thread from this very forum

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/432314/326-000-refund-grading-services-revealed

INL

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/280575/independent-numismatic-laboratory-rising-stars-in-the-grading-world

Cointalk had a list of many fly by night operators that were trying to be grading companies

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-grading-companies.271720/

morgandollar1878

I have seen those several times, not recently though. Cool find.

koynekwest

They are just another one of the alphabet soup of "grading companies" of little to no credibility that kept popping up like mushrooms at night a number of years ago.

pointfivezero

I saw these listed on www.propertyroom.com and bid on them but they went too high for my old holder collection budget:

ricko

That is one I have not seen before....but which is it? IGA or INL?? Seems to have both on the cert. Cheers, RickO

Namvet69

Could be some diamonds in the rough hidden in that packaging. Close exam is required. Good luck. Peace Roy

koynekwest

@ricko said:
That is one I have not seen before....but which is it? IGA or INL?? Seems to have both on the cert. Cheers, RickO

Wasn't IGA a grocery chain?

bob48

Here is a link to out of business holders. (OOB)
https://coinauctionshelp.com/page16.html#.YTZnqtRKg1I
INL is not listed but these always keep being discovered. I have sent some picture in, to be added to the list .
Guess you can say this is a list in process as more are found.

Cougar1978

Hasbeen or failed grading services like cars stacked in a junkyard. I just ignore them.

PerryHall

@Cougar1978 said:
Hasbeen or failed grading services like cars stacked in a junkyard. I just ignore them.

I don't ignore them but I do treat them as raw coins.