Is this another new slab?

ccrdragon · September 6, 2003 2:22PM

Have never seen one of these before....

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airplanenut · September 6, 2003 2:25PM

I'm pretty sure that's been linked before. It's just a CW holder, so I don't think Conder will/does think much of it.

Jeremy

Conder101 · September 6, 2003 7:19PM

Those showed up back around May. I do have them listed for the second edition of the book. They are NOT Coin World shells. They are the same size as the PCGS shells but are no shaped the same. They are also made of a softer translucent plastic, more like that of SEGS but even a little softer.

kieferscoins · September 7, 2003 2:39AM

They aren't coinworld at all and look similiar to ANACS, but like conder101 said they are the size of ANACS and soft plastic. You can actually almost bend the slab. I have never seen one of these slabs at a show yet, but they are on ebay.

Cameron Kiefer

billboat · September 7, 2003 2:51AM

Premier Coin Grading and Authentication--or so the holder says.

jtwax · September 7, 2003 5:59AM

Conder101 -

Here is a list compiled by an associate of mine which you may find useful in your endevors.

Regards. JT

1. A-Mark - A California coin company that has been around since at least the 1960's but their slabs only date from 1983 to 1988

2. ACCS (Ancient Coin Certification Service) ? - Date

3. ACCUGRADE - also known as ACG or ASA-ACCUGRADE. 1984 – Date

4. ACGS - (American Coin Grading Service) 2002

5. ACGS (Australian Coin Grading Service) 1998? - Date

6. AGA (American Grading Association) 1986? - 1987

7. AGS (Advanced Grading Specialists) 1997? - 1998

8. AGS (American Grading Service.) Unknown

9. ANAAB (American Numismatic Association Authentication Bureau) 1990 - Date

10. ANACS (American Numismatic Association Certification Service) 1972 - Date

11. ANICS (American Numismatic Institute Certification Service) 1987

12. ARC (American Rare Coin and Collectors Inc) 1986

13. ASA (Accugrade Sports Authentication.) 1990 (As a coin grading firm.)

14. BLANCHARD An "in house" slabbing service by Blanchard Co. 1986 - 1987?

15. CGA (Currency Grading Association) 2000 - Date

16. CGC (Currency Grading Corporation). 2001 - Date

17. CGCGS (Certi-Graded Coin Grading Service) Unknown

18. COINLAND although it may have been removed from the list because it has never issued production slabs, just samples.

19. COINWORLD Do-it-yourself slabs. 2002 - Date

20. COMPUGRADE New Orleans based research and development firm begun by Jim Diffenthal in late 1990 that intended to slab computer graded coins. Late 1991.

21. CTGS (Coin and Token Grading Service) 1993 - Date

22. DCGS (Digital Coin Grading Service) June 2001 - Date

23. DCGS (Distinctive Coin Grading Service) Now NSCGS unknown

24. EAC (Early American Coppers) service lasted from 1984 - 85

25. FCS (Federal Certification Service) 1986 - 1989

26. FTGS (First Token Grading Service) 2000 - 2001

27. GCS (Global Certification Service) Nov 2001 to Date?

28. GLGS Reported. Have seen one scan. Has been described as being a capital plastics type holder with the two sides glued together but I have not physically seen. Probably an "in house" grading service. Unknown

29. GSA (General Services Administration) 1972 - 1980

30. HALLMARK Grading service begun by Bowers and Merena in 1987. Closed 1991

31. HOLT (T J Holt company) Apparently after NCI closed down they sold off the remainder of their slab shells to a private company which then slabbed their own coins. 1988?

32. ICCS (International Coin Certification Service) ? - Date

33. ICG (Independent Coin Grading) Late 1998 - Date

34. ICGS (International Coin Grading Service) 1986? - 1988

35. ICI (International Coin Investments) Late 80's is all that is known.

36. IGA (Independent Grading Association) 1986 - 1987

37. IGS (Independent Grading Service) Unknown

38. INC (Independent Numismatic Certification) Late 2002, not sure if it is still active.

39. INGS (International Numismatic Grading Service) 1987- ?

40. INL (International Numismatic Laboratories) In general style it is very similar to FCS and it may be the same company but under a previous name. 1986

41. INS (International Numismatic Society Authentication Bureau) 1975 - 1992?

42. IRI (Investment Rarities Incorporated) 1986? - Date?

43. LCG (Laser Coin Grading) 2001?

44. MCGC (Modern Coin Grading Company) 2001 - ?

45. MonExpert (MonExpert Grading Service) May? 2002 - ?

46. MTB (Mantra, Tordella, Brookes Inc) 1986 - ?

47. NCCA (National Coin Certification Association?) 1987?

48. NCG (Numismatic Coin Grading Service) Mid 2000 - Early 2001

49. NCG (Company name not known) Existed briefly during November of 2000. They had so many complaints over their first slab that they withdrew it from the market before it was even issued. To the best of my knowledge none of them made it.

50. NCI (Numismatic Certification Institute) 1984 - 1988?

51. 73. NCS (National Conservation Service, a branch of NGC that cleans (pardon me, "curates") and slabs.

52. NECA (Numismatic Error Collectors of America) mid 1960's

53. NES (Numismatic Evaluation Service) A photo-certificate company which holds the distinction of being the shortest lived of all the grading services. Feb 1986

54. NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America) 1987 - Date

55. NIC (Company name not known) specimen found in Nov 2002.

56. NNCS (National Numismatic Certification Service) 1987?

57. NSCGS (New Standard Coin Grading Service) 2002

58. NTC (NumisTrust Corporation) May 2001 - Date

59. Numex (Numex?) 2002

60. Paramount (Redfield Dollars) 1976 - 1978?

61. PCGA (Premier Coin Grading and Authentication) 2003 - Date

62. PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service) 1986 - Date

63. PCI (Photo-Certified Coin Institute) 1986 - Date

64. PCS (Preferred Customer Service) 2001?

65. PHOTO-SEAL Service begun by Richard Snow it was actually isn't so much of a grading service for the coins as it is a confirmation service. ? - Date

66. PNGL (Professional Numismatic Grading Laboratories) Mid to late 80's?

67. PPGS (Peoples Professional Grading Service) 2002 - Date

68. PNG (Professional Numismatists Guild) Issued certificates 1970 - at least 1984

69. RCGS (Rare Currency Grading Service) June 2002 - Date?

70. S&G (S & G Rare coins) Late 2002 - Date (This was the first of what will become quite a problem for listing the services. It was the first company to begin using ACG's encapsulation service. Under that service the company does the grading and ACG provides the encapsulation with custom labels. By removing the considerable investment required to purchase the dies and sonic welder it allows anyone to form their own service very cheaply. At last report there are at least 14 companies that are using this service or have used it. So far I have only seen two others Rich Stiles, and CCC (Coins, Cards, and Currency). S&G was the first but CCC is the most prolific having produced at least a couple thousand slabs so far.

71. SEGS (Sovereign Entities Grading Service) 1998 - Date

72. SGS (Star Grading Service) Early 2003 - Date (Regularly over grades coins substantially)

73. SILVERTOWNE Certificate issued by Leon Hendrickson's company in Winchester IN. 1986 - 1988

74. TCGS (Twenty-first Century Grading Service) Early 2002 - ?

75. TCTS (Tom's Coins Technical Services) 1999 - Nov 2000

76. TMM (The Merick Mint) Late 2002 - Date. So far the only thing I have seen in production slabs from this company have been 1 oz US gold eagles. They also produce a novelty slab with a colorized quarter.

77. Tulving (Hannes Tulving) ? - Date?

78. USGA (U S Grading & Authentication) Early 90's?

79. USGCO (United States Grading Company) Unknown

80. USGCS (U. S. Grading and Certification Service) 1986? - 1989

81. USRCCT (U S Rare Coin Certification & Trading Co Inc.) Unknown. Possibly late 80's

82. USTI (United States Tangible Investment) Mid to late 90's?

83. WCG (World Class Grading) ? - Date

84. WCGS (World Coin Grading Service) 2002

airplanenut · September 7, 2003 8:21AM

I was wrong

kieferscoins · September 7, 2003 9:52AM

We are all wrong sometimes, especially with slabs. So much is unknown.

Conder101 has written a whole book on the subject and has way more than just the list of the slab companies. That list is helpful online though.

Cameron Kiefer

Conder101 · September 7, 2003 5:53PM

Jtwax,

How do I put this, your associate did not compile that list.

Is this another new slab?

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