POLL: If you had a problem coin you wanted slabbed, would you use ANACS or NCS (in terms of selling
Barry
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Suppose you have a key date coin you want slabbed. You know it's been cleaned. Assuming both services give it the same grade and state the same problem (though NCS doesn't provide a net grade), do you think one service carries a premium over the other?
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I think in the future with more exposure, NCS will command the same monies as ANACS to the general public.
Sure, most of us here are aware of NCS and would consider a coin in that holder to purchase, but the average collector may not know about NCS, and that may eliminate possible suitors to purchase your coin.
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Why do you think Barry needs the admonishment not to be "a crook"?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't NCS also list the problems, such as "improperly cleaned?" The only difference is they don't assign a net grade in addition to the technical grade. I don't think NCS (or sellers of NCS coins) is trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes.
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<< <i>Thanks for your defense Sequitur!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't NCS also list the problems, such as "improperly cleaned?" The only difference is they don't assign a net grade in addition to the technical grade. I don't think NCS (or sellers of NCS coins) is trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. >>
Exactly right. They list all the problems. And usually will list more than ANACS.
Heh, we've seen you expose frauds on high-value coins from the minutest details that 99.99% of others would have missed. I'm sure it wasn't intended, but it appeared just a bit too patronizing to suggest you need advice on something as mundane as NCS conservation.
No harm, no foul.
Back to the topic: ANACS for sure.
I'm not trying to implicate that you or anyone is a crook, in fact I will be sending a few items in for restoration, but would like them back unslabbed- they are not for reslae at the present- I'm not dead yet. I realize that NCS does not grade, but the only way to get a grade is to submit it to NGC- which i'm not to fond of the pricing tiers that I would have to submit the coins under- if it were a $20,000.00 coin- then possibly would consider, but at this time I want the coin to look as if it did 150+ years ago.
I am sorry if it came out the wrong way, but I do like what Anacs does. Maybe someday NCS will consider the other TPG's when it comes to restoration work for those of us who collect history.
I think that the NCS holder is ugly. It shouts PROBLEM COIN in bold letters which ruins the appearance of your set IMO. I've never owned or handled an NCS, but if I were to add one to my collection, I'd crack it and send it to ANACS.
As for ANACS net grading I see no harm in it so long as print sellers give the sharpness grade, a description of the problem and the net grade.
That hits the nail right on the head.
<< <i>It shouts PROBLEM COIN in bold letters . . . .
That hits the nail right on the head. >>
I agree. It's like buying a car that was in a wreck, restored, and then driving around town with a sign on it saying "..This Car Was In A Smash Up.." But if it weren't for that I'd choose NCS. For Now: ANACS
Jerry
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