I think I know who's behind this SGS nonsense.

sliderider

There is a seller on ebay called aboncom who seems to be the largest purveyor of SGS slabs. (Theres over 1200 of them listed on ebay as I type this). He lists his location as Mansfield, Ohio. SGS is located in Ashland, Ohio which is a straight line run of about 20 minutes down a major highway connecting the two. Seems too coincidental to me.

Sequitur

There is a seller on ebay called aboncom

Infamous. Avoid like the plague.

ksteelheader

Just type in the word "sgs" in the search box for a multitude of posts on this subject!

Ken

sliderider

In all fairness, even though the grades on the holders are meaningless, there are still some decent, if far from perfect, coins in SGS and other third rate holders. I found a couple of early 50s proof Roosies that are probably only PF60s that I only paid a couple of bucks for. Gonna deslab em and submit em to a REAL grading company. If I get them back higher than 60, I'll be happy. I'm tempted to form an organization with the purpose of collecting and deslabbing SGS coins, just to unclutter the market and stop newbs from being taken.

ibzman350

I won one of this slabs, I know better...please don't beat me up too bad. After winning and during our email communication, I gave my opinion on what I thought about his dealings

The POS wouldn't ship my coin and refunded my money.

Then left neg feedback, I honored my part of the deal, he didn't and left me neg feedback, go figure.


Herb

Tade

Sliderider:

I am in search for raw 1951 to 1953 Franklin Proofs in about the grade you indicate. These are for an album, so they need not be high grade.

Send me a message if you are interested.

Also, turn on you private message feature, so all of us can contact you with out going through the public message board.

Tade

kieferscoins

<< <i> Seems too coincidental to me. >>



Same with any service. There are major dealers close by and they drive over and drop off batches of coins to slab.

Cameron Kiefer

Conder101

Abon is the owner of SGS.

Russ

<< <i>In all fairness, even though the grades on the holders are meaningless, there are still some decent, if far from perfect, coins in SGS and other third rate holders >>



The problem with Abon, though, is that they make extensive use of stock images and those images are generally of the nicest coins.

Russ, NCNE

Theop

This perceived conflict of interest is why DH doesn't sell PCGS slabs. Oh, wait.