Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
The costs of grading at PCGS or other TPG's is typically the premium I pay. DIY'er here. Aside from that, I pay the juice at auction for coins I didn't submit, and desire to acquire. That's premium enough
@BillJones said:
I now have a strong preference for PCGS over NGC. I also do not like PCGS rattle holders. I try to avoid them. As for the rest, I buy the coin and nothing else matters other than the coin.
As for previous onwers, it's nice to know, if they were famous, but I'm not paying for that.
I noticed a lot of under graded coins in OGH rattler holders; both Peace and Saints. Some MS63 could easily be upgraded by a point but I probably would not cross them and loose the prestige label.
While coins in OGHs are often conservatively graded, that is not an iron clad guarantee than they under graded or properly graded. Once more there are no labels or stickers that are 100% fool proof.
The only sticker with which I have never had a disagreement is Eagle Eye. I have never seen one of their approved coins that I didn’t like, but I must admit that my sample size is not huge, just fairly big.
I never known the "Eagle Eye" labeling before you mentioned. I will try to learn more about it from PCGS site.
Here is an active listing from Lawrence.
Eagle Eye stickers have been around the longest. You may as well go to indiancent.com and go to the photo seal tab directly for more information.
Agree with the EERC sticker, although Rick told me years ago that once in a great while he will de-sticker a coin. Guess he's human too.
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Collect coins, not labels.
The costs of grading at PCGS or other TPG's is typically the premium I pay. DIY'er here. Aside from that, I pay the juice at auction for coins I didn't submit, and desire to acquire. That's premium enough
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Eagle Eye stickers have been around the longest. You may as well go to indiancent.com and go to the photo seal tab directly for more information.
Andrew Blinkiewicz-Heritage
Agree with the EERC sticker, although Rick told me years ago that once in a great while he will de-sticker a coin. Guess he's human too.
Well, Rick deals in copper..... things can change in the slab.