Anybody knows about TruGrade Coin Grading service?
Dron
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I have a coin 1926 Ms66Rd Lincoln graded by TruGrade. To me it does look like a MS66 but do you guys have any comments about this compony?
Thanks,
Andre C
Thanks,
Andre C
A.Cherkasov
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<< <i>i have seen nothing but good things from them >>
Supracoin,
Of course you're going to say that. You're one of the biggest sellers of their slabs on eBay.
Russ, NCNE
And, gee, look at all those Trugrade slabs!
I get the feeling that Supracoin isn't an unbiased third party in this debate.
Russ, NCNE
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I'm interested in your opinions and would rather be open-minded about what you have to say about Trugrade.
Russ let's try and get along with the new Members. They don't have agree with your every statement to receive a little courtesy.
I bid on two TruGrade slabs - (Just to have the slab, not the coin) and wound up winning them both (about $20 for the pair).
One had an AT Kennedy 50c and the other was a 2 point overgraded Franklin.
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I'm not impressed to find that the guy that runs the company used to grade for ACG. However, we all receive our training somewhere. I think many of us have worked for a company in our day job, whose standards were less than perfect, and we would not want our entire professional reputation to be associated with that company. Yes? Perhaps, just perhaps, this fellow hated the atmoshere at ACG, yet used his time there to improve his grading skills. Now, he has created a new 3rd party grading service that we all will have to assess. I'm not sure we can do that with just a 12 coin sampling. Nor can you do that with just one series.
Let's look at some of the things that have been said about NTC. Russ just blisters them for their grading of Kennedy Halves. I've never seen a Kennedy in their holder, so I couldn't pass judgement. Russ has proven himself to be quite adept at grading Kennedy Halves, so I trust his judgement about their grading of the Kennedy, therefore I have never bought one. I believe it was RGL that bought a SMS Cameo Jefferson in the NTC holder and the thought it would cross as a Cameo and make the grade or perhaps one point less. Well, that's not bad. Pepperdoodles bought a tough date CC DMPL Morgan for 16% above bid and thought PCGS would cross the coin at DMPL and perhaps an upgrade. Well, that's pretty good, too. I've purchased Cameo & DCAM Lincolns, from the '50's, in the NTC holder and have found them to be accurately graded. All of this is still a very small sampling. But at least it is from a number of series.
Give this thing some time before you blast them. Just my opinion.
1970 DCAM
That would qualify as a "job" gone bad!
would mention that they also sell a great number of coins from that service.
Failure to mention such an important item of information, tends to make the entire
statement suspect of a self serving motive, rather then a personal opinion.
Camelot
I've seen plenty of dealers, Member here, post comments, pro and con, about PCGS. I haven't seen any of them "mention that they also sell a great number of coins from that service". I don't believe that "Failure to mention such an important item of information, tends to make the entire statement suspect of a self serving motive, rather than a personal opinion." Do you??
In fact, the reality that Supracoin has ACTUALLY assessed coins and submitted them to TruGrade for grading, gives him a perspective that no one else here has admitted. I give a lot of credibility to someone that has actually utilized a 3rd party grading service. Plenty of people out there just parroting what they hear from others in the hobby, without actually observing the service's work.
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>Actually, I had no idea who supracoin is. I don't read most of those ebay seller threads and I don't scout around ebay enough to know who everyone is. >>
An interesting post from someone that was THE very first Member to respond to this thread
1967 SMS DCAM
about one of Supracoin's auctions. Hmmmm........
Edited to change assessment to posting in that thread.
Not I.......Ken
new grading service and is not considered of the first tier, by general acceptance, such as
PCGS, NGC and ANACS. That fact alone , kes it necessary to state the issue and relationship
in its entirety.I have no problem with anyone stating an appropriate opinion on anything,as long
as there is a statementon whether the person is a dealer handling graded coins of the company
or a collector with some personal first hand experience with the company in question.
Camelot
<< <i>Show of hands. How many in this thread knew, before I pointed it out, that Supracoin is a purveyor of Trugrade slabs?
Not I.......Ken >>
Interesting Ken. You were the 3rd Member to respond to this thread:
1967 SMS DCAM
about one of Supracoin's auctions.
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"Everything I have is for sale except for my wife and my dog....and I'm not sure about one of them."
I have seen about 2 dozen Trugrade slabs at a shop in town. On the average they are overgraded by at least 2 points. The owner used to be a grader for........are you ready.......ACG....Ken ...Now, where did I say that I know Supracoins?????????
PS - I have not been impressed with TruGrade's grading, but I can say the same about ALL of the grading services..............the whole concept is flawed.
Ed........Mr. Ed to you!
I didn't know.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
1967 SMS DCAM
Did you submit the coin to TruGrade? Do submit to them regularly? What has been your experience with their grading practices? I wish you would provide us with a little information about TruGrade. Very little seems to be known about them. You input would be greatly appreciated.