Yet another TPG

Cladiator

Apparently the Imigration and Naturalization Service is getting into the coin business.


Certified by INS

Barndog

Quite a nice piece, MS-70. If the Immigration and Naturalization Service gives its blessing, its good enough for me!

PerryHall

Coin World shell so probably a homemade job. Treat this coin as if it were raw.

DennisH

"it is in the original case from INS"


Since when did the U.S. Mint begin shipping silver eagles in INS garbage holders?

Since when was INS around back in 1987?

Gemineye

<< <i>Quite a nice piece, MS-70. If the Immigration and Naturalization Service gives its blessing, its good enough for me! >>



.......................It's their sideline business.............................

thecointrader

I say it's high time we start a new grading Service named DOGS (Deliberately Over-Graded Sh-- ...er, Stuff) and start listing auctions as an educational promotion.

thecointrader

291fifth

How does Condor101 treat these "Coin World Holder" slabs? Does he even count them?

vega1

Maybe my eyes are going. Looks like 'INB' on the slab, not INS.

Myqqy

I think it says INB too..... I thought that INS was an overgrading firm from the mid to late 80's.......... I see morgans in the old INS slabs on a regular basis, and they usually look about 2 grades high...

Conder101

Looks like INB to me as well. I thought at first that Cladinator had stumbled across one of th old INS slabs. (INS was active fron 1975 until 1997, using 6 different holder varieties. Kind of unfair to describe INS as an overgrading firm considering there were no "official" grading standards until three years AFTER the company went into operation and they graded based on the common standards of the day.)

As to what I do with the Fly-by-Night Coin World shell grading services, yes I do try to keep track of them and determine if they are actually accepting submissions or just doing their own, and whether or not the shells are sealed. Then I list them either as services, or relagate them to the Miscellaneous section so as to keep track of them incase they reappear or someone finds one and asks about it.