How do you feel about coin certification by the big three (ANACS, NGC, PCGS)? Are you for it or against it? Have you had any negative experiences with a major certification service? How about CAC? These were opening questions on a CoinTalk thread I followed recently. Not surprisingly, the responses were all over the place, but there were some commonalities and consistent complaints.
The biggest complaints were that the major services, particularly NGC and PCGS, are expensive and have really slow turnaround times. The first responder said a number of things that most responders would agree with. “My two cents: PCGS currently brings most return on investments at sale time. NGC second, except on ancients where they are the leader. Neither is especially easy to submit
