How Many Different Coin Grading Companies Are There?

Newmismatist

I think the knowledge base here is one of the best in the Numismatic world.

Can anyone give me a list of all of the different Third Party Coin Grading Companies? I know the Majors: PCGS, NGC, ANACS & ICG. What I need is the "others" that claim to be 3rd Party Coin grading companies.

Also of importance is which are currently in business and which have gone out of business (PCI comes to mind).

Thanks for the help

2ndCharter

Depends - are you including the "self slabbers" that pop up almost every day of the week?

ElKevvo

Here is a decent list...

SampleSlabs.com

I think there is another site with a more comprehensive list but I can't recall the URL...

K

edited to fix link...

Newmismatist

<< <i>Depends - are you including the "self slabbers" that pop up almost every day of the week? >>



Actually I'm looking for a very comprehensive list, so if you know of any (even the "self slabbers"), I'd like to know their names. The ANA has been sued byUniversal Grading Company (someone I never heard of) and the question came up as to how many different grading companies are there?

Newmismatist

<< <i>Here is a decent list...

SampleSlabs.com >>



Here's the list from that site:

ACG
ANACS
BLANCHARD
Coinland
COMPUGRADE
DCGS
Global
HALLMARK
ICG
INGS
NGC
NTC
NuGrade
Numex
PCGS
PCI (Out of Business)
SEGS
SGS
TruGrade

Does anyone know of any others? Also, which ones are no longer in business?

barbershopper

Just forget about SGS. I bought a set of Lincolns on which the seller marked 20-25 grades on the
back of the Dansco album. There were 5 or 6 by SGS, all MS70!!!
JT

Broadstruck

Wasn't there a Self Grader that also did Auto Body as the label said Coin Grading Co and Auto Body

ElKevvo

Found the list I was thinking of:

CoinAuctionsHelp.com

K

edited for clarity