Anybody familiar with Capital Coin Grading Service

Crazy4Coins

Hello,

I came across a couple of coins in CCGS holders.I haven't heard of them before.Wondering if anybody has any info about or has coins in their holders.How are their grades?

Thanks, Randy

Cam40

i,ve heard of them. not a highly rated service at all.

they grade about as good as ACG or the new PCI.
in other words, not good at all.
run for the tall grass. thats my best advice on this so-called coin grading service.

JohnZ

Condor101 is the guy to ask about specifics on grading companies, but I'll vote with Cam40 on this one. I've seen a handful of them that didn't come close to measuring up to the "Big Three".

Bunker

Here is an example of their work. They streched the grade this far so they may of well have just called it a MS70 DMPL

(I am new so I probably didn't post the link correctly. I am a newbie so please cut me some slack. I will learn with time!)

MS68 DMPL

wjd283

I'm sorry,but if that's DMPL then I'm Elvis.

kamehameha00

<< <i>I'm sorry,but if that's DMPL then I'm Elvis. >>



Ditto,its a nice looking coin but no where near DMPL.

airplanenut

<< <i>Condor101 is the guy to ask about specifics on grading companies, but I'll vote with Cam40 on this one. I've seen a handful of them that didn't come close to measuring up to the "Big Three". >>

Actually, Conder is not the person to ask--he knows about companies and their slabs, and no one will argue that he doesn't know his stuff, however, in a very professional manner, he has refrained from giving grading opinions--his reserach is on slabs, and not abilities (on the other hand, if you wanted to know how many atoms are in that slab, Conder might know )

Conder101

Thank you Jeremy, quite right. (WelL I don't know about knowing how many atoms. )

Which CCGS are you talking about? There have been two companies using those initials. If the company is usning a plain Capital Plastics type holder I'm interested in them. That company/holder is VERY tough. The company changed its name twice in a matter of a month and the CCGS, and DCGS versions of there holder are rare. Currently that company is NSCGS and they have used two slabs varieties under that name.

The much more common CCGS has been around for a couple months now and has been asked about here on the forum at least four times. The location of the company is not known. The slab is PCGS sized but is made of a softer plastic like SEGS rather than the acrylic plastic that most services use. It is identical in size and design to those of PCGA with the exception of the sticker used for the back label. (PCGA appear back around October of 2003.) The quality of the slabs is VERY good, the quality of the grading ability is your call. Look at the coin and grade it yourself, see if you agree with them. And do so on many coins before you start to make blanket decisions about the company. Every company has accurate and erroneously graded coins in their slabs (Yes, even ACG.). Don't base your opinion on a company on just a few isolated examples.