A relatively new service offered by NGC. Many have availed themselves to the third-party grading of the GSA dollars. PCGS will also certify them and will acknowledge GSA on their label, but NCG is the only service that will do it in the original holder.
I'm not a fan of the way NGC certifies the GSA's by adding their stickers to the cases. Once the stickers are on the cases they are forever damaged. There was a thread earlier about removing the stickers and if I remember right it was a pain and the cases ended up scratched. What if NGC is bought out or isn't around in 5 years. What happens then? Are the new collectors going to want a GSA with a sticker of a company that doesn't exsist anymore? Why ruin the plastic holders that way. PCGS will crack them out if you want them graded, I'd never go that route. I think one grading company(pcgs) should make a holder which snaps over the GSA cases without damage to it. Sure it wouldn't fit in the original box but in this day and age I'm sure a larger box can be produced to hold the graded coin and the original box together . If you try to remove it(the graded holder) from the coin it would crack and couldn't be reused. This way there's no damage to the GSA case and if you want to play the "crack out" game it would be easier. Tom
In general, I'm in agreement with Trooper. For a GSA purist, having the NGC grading band on the GSA holder takes away from the original look of the piece.
I've bought a number of NGC-certified pieces but have removed the grading band if the coin is for my collection. For resale items, I leave it on. The band can be removed but it is a PITA to clean up holder afterwards. The glue that they use is stout and difficult to remove. My suggestion to anyone wanting to remove an NGC band is to use Goo-gone and nothing harder than a fingernail on the platic's surface.
Over time, I have seen adhesives actually eat into the GSA plastic and disfigure it. Will that happen with NGC grading bands? I don't know, only time will tell.
But having said all of the above, I'm still glad that someone came up with a way to slow the crackout of these interesting pieces of Americana.
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Cheers,
Bob
I think one grading company(pcgs) should make a holder which snaps over the GSA cases without damage to it. Sure it wouldn't fit in the original box but in this day and age I'm sure a larger box can be produced to hold the graded coin and the original box together . If you try to remove it(the graded holder) from the coin it would crack and couldn't be reused. This way there's no damage to the GSA case and if you want to play the "crack out" game it would be easier.
Tom
Live Long and Prospect.
I've bought a number of NGC-certified pieces but have removed the grading band if the coin is for my collection. For resale items, I leave it on. The band can be removed but it is a PITA to clean up holder afterwards. The glue that they use is stout and difficult to remove. My suggestion to anyone wanting to remove an NGC band is to use Goo-gone and nothing harder than a fingernail on the platic's surface.
Over time, I have seen adhesives actually eat into the GSA plastic and disfigure it. Will that happen with NGC grading bands? I don't know, only time will tell.
But having said all of the above, I'm still glad that someone came up with a way to slow the crackout of these interesting pieces of Americana.
GSAGUY
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.