certification for canada quarter???

olmanjon · July 15, 2008 3:50AM

I have just acquired an 1886 Canadian quarter in vf. I don't know if it is the q2 or q4 variety. $400 difference between the two. Which of the certification facilities would you send it to and why? Thanks in advance.

Olmanjon

ajaan · July 15, 2008 3:55AM

I would send it to CCCS in Montreal. Why? online submission form, not expensive, going to have hard plastic 'slabs'.

If you are looking for a US TPG, PCGS is probably better if you want to sell it, but you'll have to wait 3 months to get the coin back. NGC will do the job and the wait is only 4 weeks or so.

olmanjon · July 15, 2008 3:57AM

Thanks Ajaan. Being a variety of a Canadian coin I didn't know if the US was the way to go or the Canadian. Thanks again,

Olmanjon

ajaan · July 15, 2008 3:59AM

Here is CCCS's website.

ajaan · July 15, 2008 4:01AM

Hey John, you in Bloomfield, NY? That's only a stone throw from me.

globalcoin · July 16, 2008 5:13AM

DO NOT SEND CANADIAN COINS TO NGC

The Canadian market will not give you fair value for them.

PCGS, ICCS or CCCS are the way to go

coinkat · July 16, 2008 9:23AM

I am not sure that NGC or PCGS will recognize this variety.

ColinCMR · July 16, 2008 4:34PM

ICCS or CCCS should work

ajaan · July 16, 2008 11:51PM

<< <i>DO NOT SEND CANADIAN COINS TO NGC

The Canadian market will not give you fair value for them. >>

This is true because most collectors buy the holder and not the coin. There are some very good bargains to be found with Canadian coins in NGC holders. True, NGC overgrades at times, but so does ICCS, PCGS, CCCS, and all the other TPGs.

The anti-NGC campaign is championed by a few Canadian dealers who believe only ICCS can accurately grade Canadian coins.

globalcoin · July 17, 2008 12:55AM

<< <i>The anti-NGC campaign is championed by a few Canadian dealers who believe only ICCS can accurately grade Canadian coins. >>

ICCS used to accurately grade canadian coins. They have gotten very lax in recent years. But hey that means that they migh give him a high grade for his coin

You will need to go with ICCS or CCCS if you want variety attributed

ajaan · July 17, 2008 1:48AM

I do agree, for variety attributation ICCS or CCCS is best.

<< <i>ICCS used to accurately grade canadian coins. They have gotten very lax in recent years. >>

Do you think that's because Brian's son is doing more of the grading now?

globalcoin · July 17, 2008 1:54AM

YES. I snap up older holdered coins on ebay as fast as I can. The newer stuff just isn't graded as tight

olmanjon · July 17, 2008 3:31AM

Thanks for all the info guys. I so much like the guys on this forumn better than the US forumnl. The guys who collect foreign coins seem to be more like gentlemen in my humble opinion.
Olmanjon

DoubleEagle59 · July 19, 2008 8:07AM

YES. I snap up older holdered coins on ebay as fast as I can. The newer stuff just isn't graded as tight

I agree that the old holders sometimes are undergraded, BUT, I have seen a lot of old holders that are greatly OVERgraded too! (all from ICCS).

certification for canada quarter???

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