PCGS now grading Casascius coins?

[cherry88]

Stacksbowers.com recently had another auction with a number of loaded Casascius coins.

All were graded by PCGS.

There's no announcement on pcgs.com that they are now grading Casascius coins. Curious if grading is open to the public or if this grading was limited to a private collection for the auction.

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[Eclipse33]

Welcome to the forum cherry.

PCGS is doing all the grading for stacks bowers. The auction you linked was from april. The most recent auction was earlier this month.

[cherry88]

Welcome to the forum cherry.

Cheers!

PCGS is doing all the grading for stacks bowers.

So to get a cas coin graded by PCGS, you must auction it off through stacks bowers?

[blucepheus]

Welcome to the forum cherry.

Cheers!

PCGS is doing all the grading for stacks bowers.

So to get a cas coin graded by PCGS, you must auction it off through stacks bowers?

No, you may submit coins directly to PCGS. You need to sign up for a membership on their website, complete an online form, print out the completed forms, mail the coin(s) to them... and, voila!

https://www.pcgs.com/

[Steeley]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

[thiago007]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

I'm curious, do you trust when they are high value coins?  I have a couple but I haven't had the courage to send them

[minerjones]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

I'm curious, do you trust when they are high value coins?  I have a couple but I haven't had the courage to send them

Might be worth calling them and asking if in-person drop off/pick-up are available
From what I know most/all of them also offer 1/same day grading for this purpose.
ANACS and ICG both offer walk in service if you let them know before hand.

[jackpotato]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

I'm curious, do you trust when they are high value coins?  I have a couple but I haven't had the courage to send them

Might be worth calling them and asking if in-person drop off/pick-up are available
From what I know most/all of them also offer 1/same day grading for this purpose.
ANACS and ICG both offer walk in service if you let them know before hand.

Hi,MJ

which one do you think is a better choice for grading cryptocurrency coins,the PCGS,ANACS or ICG.
it is really problem for the shipping,especially the international shipping,there are still some risk to be considered.

[jackpotato]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

Oh,4 months,that's too slow.

[blucepheus]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

Did you choose a lesser service than Express?

[blucepheus]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

I'm curious, do you trust when they are high value coins?  I have a couple but I haven't had the courage to send them

Might be worth calling them and asking if in-person drop off/pick-up are available
From what I know most/all of them also offer 1/same day grading for this purpose.
ANACS and ICG both offer walk in service if you let them know before hand.

Hi,MJ

which one do you think is a better choice for grading cryptocurrency coins,the PCGS,ANACS or ICG.
it is really problem for the shipping,especially the international shipping,there are still some risk to be considered.

This isn't directed to me, but I sense that ICG is the gold standard these days. I've had very positive experiences with them. Their submission process is straightforward, customer service good, and they have in-house crypto experts to validate the coins.

[minerjones]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

I'm curious, do you trust when they are high value coins?  I have a couple but I haven't had the courage to send them

Might be worth calling them and asking if in-person drop off/pick-up are available
From what I know most/all of them also offer 1/same day grading for this purpose.
ANACS and ICG both offer walk in service if you let them know before hand.

Hi,MJ

which one do you think is a better choice for grading cryptocurrency coins,the PCGS,ANACS or ICG.
it is really problem for the shipping,especially the international shipping,there are still some risk to be considered.

This isn't directed to me, but I sense that ICG is the gold standard these days. I've had very positive experiences with them. Their submission process is straightforward, customer service good, and they have in-house crypto experts to validate the coins.

They do and I have actually helped them once or twice when certain coins come in

ANACS no longer grades cryptocurrency themed coins/tokens, but still available for normal numismatic coins

PCGS has just started grading our coins and seems limited right now to larger makers like Casascius, Lealana, BTCC...  but definitely hope the expand

Yes, always a risk when shipping...  even with this pullback to 2017 prices, still a small price to pay for a plane ticket and in-person grading versus worrying about a lost coin in the mail
And now with many countries easing the vaccination requirements, will make it better for certain collectors

[Gatorelf]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

PCGS Takes about five to six months lately for standard service, my last batch using express took two months. Which is still a long time to me   

[cygan]

✂
ANACS no longer grades cryptocurrency themed coins/tokens, but still available for normal numismatic coins
✂

i still find anacs to be my favorite in terms of boxing style and i think it is a real shame that they have discontinued the service for cryptocurrencies
have a lot of anacs graded coins in my collection and what else comes me not in the house

[Steeley]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

I'm curious, do you trust when they are high value coins?  I have a couple but I haven't had the courage to send them

Might be worth calling them and asking if in-person drop off/pick-up are available
From what I know most/all of them also offer 1/same day grading for this purpose.
ANACS and ICG both offer walk in service if you let them know before hand.

Hi,MJ

which one do you think is a better choice for grading cryptocurrency coins,the PCGS,ANACS or ICG.
it is really problem for the shipping,especially the international shipping,there are still some risk to be considered.

This isn't directed to me, but I sense that ICG is the gold standard these days. I've had very positive experiences with them. Their submission process is straightforward, customer service good, and they have in-house crypto experts to validate the coins.

No, sadly. However, I'ts not really a problem I did this out of curiosity versus due to an urgent need. I wanted to learn how long their general service would take and how good it was once I received the coins. I will make a thread to give a report when it all happens.

 

[jackpotato]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

I'm curious, do you trust when they are high value coins?  I have a couple but I haven't had the courage to send them

Might be worth calling them and asking if in-person drop off/pick-up are available
From what I know most/all of them also offer 1/same day grading for this purpose.
ANACS and ICG both offer walk in service if you let them know before hand.

Hi,MJ

which one do you think is a better choice for grading cryptocurrency coins,the PCGS,ANACS or ICG.
it is really problem for the shipping,especially the international shipping,there are still some risk to be considered.

This isn't directed to me, but I sense that ICG is the gold standard these days. I've had very positive experiences with them. Their submission process is straightforward, customer service good, and they have in-house crypto experts to validate the coins.

Thanks for your comments on ICG,it is a good suggestion to me.

[jackpotato]

I sent 6 coins to them in Feb. I still haven't received them back, moving very slow.

Steeley

I'm curious, do you trust when they are high value coins?  I have a couple but I haven't had the courage to send them

Might be worth calling them and asking if in-person drop off/pick-up are available
From what I know most/all of them also offer 1/same day grading for this purpose.
ANACS and ICG both offer walk in service if you let them know before hand.

Hi,MJ



which one do you think is a better choice for grading cryptocurrency coins,the PCGS,ANACS or ICG.
it is really problem for the shipping,especially the international shipping,there are still some risk to be considered.

This isn't directed to me, but I sense that ICG is the gold standard these days. I've had very positive experiences with them. Their submission process is straightforward, customer service good, and they have in-house crypto experts to validate the coins.

They do and I have actually helped them once or twice when certain coins come in

ANACS no longer grades cryptocurrency themed coins/tokens, but still available for normal numismatic coins

PCGS has just started grading our coins and seems limited right now to larger makers like Casascius, Lealana, BTCC...  but definitely hope the expand

Yes, always a risk when shipping...  even with this pullback to 2017 prices, still a small price to pay for a plane ticket and in-person grading versus worrying about a lost coin in the mail
And now with many countries easing the vaccination requirements, will make it better for certain collectors

thanks for your info and details on these three grading institution.it would help me a lot.

[yimfinity]

✂
ANACS no longer grades cryptocurrency themed coins/tokens, but still available for normal numismatic coins
✂

i still find anacs to be my favorite in terms of boxing style and i think it is a real shame that they have discontinued the service for cryptocurrencies
have a lot of anacs graded coins in my collection and what else comes me not in the house

same. it's very much a personal preference as i know a lot of members here prefer the ICG slab. the wavy edge slab design looks a bit kiddish to me personally but any slab is better than no slab imo.

[cygan]

do any of you know very good and massive storage boxes especially for the format of anacs graded coins?
i would like to store all my anacs graded coins in one of these boxes but i cant find anything suitable here in germany...

[minerjones]

Just noticed this article...

If you are a member of PCGS, they are able to send you "Rare Coin Market Report" magazine as part of your subscription
I usually just page through it and recycle it, but a new article/section caught my eye.
Think this is a first for PCGS/magazine