This should be fun-Rank the Grading Services and why you think they should be in that order

danglen

Here are my choices:

1. PGS (Pushkin Grading Service) because of conservative grading and the rarity of the slab
1a. NGC Because I think they try harder than PCGS
2. PCGS A marketplace force to be reckoned with.
3. ANACS Gives me an option for my problem coins and I like their free grading opinions at coin shows (although I got burned big time by relying on one about a year ago).
4. ICG J.P. Martin brings a lot of credibility to the table, but they went commercial on me with their "Signature Series" of States Quarters and Sac Dollars.
5. PCI Used to be a lot better than they are currently, but were never really in the top tier
5a. SEGS Same opinion as for PCI. However, you can cherrypick a lot of the older PCI and SEGS slabs and gets the holdings to cross at the same grade into NGC or PCGS slabs.

I won't rank ACG or NTC because I don't consider them to be legitimate third party grading services.

coincollector1989

1. PCGS: Never had a problem with the company (so far). All my submissions have came back what I expected.

2. NGC: I do like thier customer service.

3. The other services that I have dealt with (ANACS, ICG), I dont have enough experience with them to cast a rating yet.

braddick

On the "Fun Factor" I'd rate SEGS on top. I like their descriptive inserts and like the way they'll attribute almost anything. Plus they're the only ones left, as far as I know, that will holder silver rounds and Gallery Mint repros and the such. PCI began to thumb their noses at these types of submissions a few weeks ago.

wingedliberty

Easy:
1.PCGS: The best and the service and consistency shows it.
2.NGC: Just as good as PCGS in my mind. Very consistent
3.ANACS: Reasonably consistent. Good for authenticity and lower grader collector coins.
4.SEGS: Excellent holder, but terrible grading. Horrid service.
5.ICG: Flooded the market with MS/PF 70 garbage. Tainted their reputation forever.
6.PCI: Excellent holder. Inconsistent grading.
7.ACG: I won't say anything. They speak for themselves. I don't want any libel suits.

Brian.

banknote1

1. NGC (NCS); consistency, and their customer service, and No body bags if sent to NCS first.
2. ANACS; Cost, great for varieties, Circ. type, Grades problem coins, Conservative grading on Morgans, great for DMPL and UDM Morgans.
3. PCGS; collector acceptance.

RegistryCoin

1st tier-pcgs, because they create "the standard".
2nd tier - ngc and anacs, because crosses to pcgs are equally rare.
3rd tier - all others, because crosses to pcgs are (near) impossible.

kieferscoins

1. PCGS - the best holder, grading and registry around.

Cameron Kiefer

GRANDAM

My humble opinion:

#1 - PCGS
#2 - PCGS
#3 - PCGS
#4 - PCGS
#5 - PCGS

Are there other companies out there who grade coins?????

GrandAm

danglen

Cameron,

Spoken like a true PCGS intern

GRANDAM,

So you think PCGS is #5? I never would have rated them that low

GRANDAM

No,

I simply think the others don't matter!

GrandAm

Pushkin

Just my unbiased, strictly limited opinion:


1. PGS (very conservative grading, unsurpassed customer service, but very limited focus and great sense of humor)
2. PCGS - NGC (more or less equal, but no sense of humor )
3. ANACS - no sense of humor
4. ICG (they do a fair job with most copper, but that silly little white hat makes it difficult to take them seriously )
5. SEGS (poor, poor, SEGS )
4. Everybody else except
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-10. The purveyors of sealed plastic containers - not services (ACG, NTC, PCI-Gold) no humor, but very much a joke!

relayer

#1 - PCGS
#2 - NGC
#3 - 12 way tie
#15 - 2x2 flips
#16 - Coins found on the street
#17 - Coins found in the dirt
#18 - Coins found in the sewers
#19 - ACG

dwood

1. PCGS
2. NGC
3. ANACS
4. Ray Charles
5. ACG

Barry

1/2. PCGS/NGC (tie)
3. ANACS
4. Ray Charles
5. Stevie Wonder
6. ACG

fcloud

In their own minds, they are all number one.

Stick with PCGS, NGC, and ANACS--Don't mess with the rest.

They all have advantages and disadvantages.

Russ

<< <i>PCGS - the best holder, grading and registry around. >>



SEGS has a better holder.

Russ, NCNE

RGL

1.) PCGS (the standard, but in need of much better service)
2.) NGC (good, but too lenient on overall grades and CAMs)
3.) ANACS (net, varieties, etc.)
4.) Don't waste your time unless it is a cherrypicked steal of a deal.

marcmoish

PCGS

NGC (if I gotta, NGC is fine but overgraded, I touch nothing but PCGS)

The other firms don't even rate IMHO


Marc

Catch22

1) PCGS, If I'm going to pay top dollar for a service, it's a no brainer.

2) ANACS, Better value for some circulated coins that I simply want authenticated.

3) NGC, I do not submit to NGC, but do not hesitate to purchase coins in their slabs.

4) All the rest, I still buy coins encapsulated by other services if I like the coin. Wouldn't consider submitting to any of them.

All in all, PCGS is head and shoulders above the rest for a variety of reasons...primarily, market acceptance and about as close to predictability as we are ever going to get with a grading service. I particularly like the fact that they consider a coins minor problems comencerate with a given grade and rarely body bag a lower circulated grade for expected flaws. In short, reasonable!

oldcameoproofsguy

#1 PCGS
#2 NGC

There are others?

Buy only the finest plastic.

CLASSICS

not sure anymore, to many people claiming the standards keep changing

toyonakataro

As for the limited area(seated half dimes) and according to my limited experience,
#1 NGC
#2 ANACS
#3 PCGS(very inconsistent and usually overgrade scare dates...it's a big gamble to buy their coins sight unseen)

dorkkarl

simple

#1: my opinion
#2: slabbing services: other opinions

K S

coinkat

The order for the grading services (best to worst) changes depending upon what coins are being submitted. However, there are some grading services that just don't make it into the final cut.

Elcontador

I collect 19th & early 20th Century type, except for gold & no Commems.

1) PCGS re copper and nickel coinage - occasionally NGC gets one right.
2) Re other 19th Century type, it's a toss up between them IMO.
I've seen more really ugly coins in PCGS holders, but more problem
coins (AT,& IMO major grading mistakes) in NGC holders.

3) I stay away from the rest.

FC57Coins

<< <i>4. Ray Charles >>



HEY!

I like Ray Charles!

marcmoish

umm did I miss something tonite...ray charles grading coins now?

marc