I've heard that its not good...I can't say much myself but I wouldn't buy from any grading Co. unless they were the top 4....PCGS/NGC/ANACS/ICG---if you are thinking of buying a coin from another Co. I would suggest not doing it unless you are a good grader and can see the coin in hand--to many times the coins are overgraded. Speedy
Is that the one with the slabs shaped like a toilet seat? :headbang: They are just another rip-off. If you are buying third-tier slabs, buy them as if they are raw. Charlie
:secret: Thanks for the pic of the toilet seat slabbed coin. I am new to coin collecting and enjoy reading all comments.
Gallery Grading has been around for about five months now and I really can't understand this company at all. They have absolutely the wierdest slabs of any company. When they first started they were using a generc slab shell like many other companies do. But very quickly they switched to the slabs like the one pictured above. The slab is made from three layers of plexiglas glued together with te coin in the middle layer. Then the slab is cut from this sandwich with a bandsaw, the edges slightly beveled using a grinder or beltsander, and then the edges are hand ribbed using a file! They also briefly graded paper money as well. They used a standard currency holder with their printed label stuck inside it, and then pressed the top edge against a hot plate to melt it closed.
sounds like what we used to do in high school shop class when bored. except we used different colored plexiglas or acrylic. I have a couple somewhere with quarters in them ... it is truly "entombing" the coin.
lowle, you really need to post that withthe photo not as closely cropped soe people can "enjoy" the edges of this slab.
I didn't understand the description as a toilet seat. When I finally saw it, I about fell out of my seat (toilet seat) laughing. By the way, what's with the ":secret:" in a couple of blogs?
When I was a dealer, 10+ years ago there was a grading company that had a rounded bottom on their slabs. I think they called it a shield. I took on look at and decided that it was a safe deposit box nightmare. What kind of storage box could you use with that?
