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Don't waste your money slabbing britannias with ICG

pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
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Don't waste your money slabbing britannias with ICG! eBay link

Not that it would have occurred to me to do so, but whomever slabbed this britannia at ICG probably lost a fair bit of money, despite getting a grade of ICG "MS69".

Go out and get your silver britannias slabbed at NGC or PCGS, then sell me your MS69 2007s and 2008s! image

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How can anyone possible tell the grade of the coin from those images? I think the images, not the TPG, is what caused the low closing bid. But then again, a lot of people buy the holder and not the coin.

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  • weresteveweresteve Posts: 1,224 ✭
    Don't waste your money slabbing Britannias with ICG!

    While the Britannias I have are PCGS graded ... not all of us necessarily like PCGS brand Kool-Aid. Especially considering the craptacular grades being handed out by PCGS as of late.
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  • JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭


    << <i>then sell me your MS69 2007s and 2008s >>



    What are you paying for MS69s?
  • 500Bay500Bay Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭
    One e-bay auction could be used to prove any grading service is a waste of money - or a great benefit.
    The pictures are probably what hurt this one the most.
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  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭


    << <i>The pictures are probably what hurt this one the most. >>

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    Roy


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  • ca0100000ca0100000 Posts: 362 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>then sell me your MS69 2007s and 2008s >>



    What are you paying for MS69s? >>



    There are no ms69 on the pcgs Population report for 2007 or 2008 . Looks like someone needs to make a few.
  • pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    The possibility exists that there are some graded at NGC, as they haven't bothered to update their britannia pops since 2005.

    I don't think that the pics were the only problem with this auction. I've been tracking auction sales of slabbed silver britannias since 2006 and that was the lowest price I've seen on that date, ever, by a fair margin.
  • LouisCampLouisCamp Posts: 468 ✭✭✭
    Just got back a couple of later Britannia's from NGC, threw them in with a bunch of other stuff. Came back MS63's, didn't look at the cheek.

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  • pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    The cheeks are the first place you've got to look image
  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭


    << <i>One e-bay auction could be used to prove any grading service is a waste of money - or a great benefit.
    The pictures are probably what hurt this one the most. >>



    I agree.

    Cameron Kiefer
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