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Topic: These are the physical crypto brands that PCGS currently grades (Read 533 times)

legendary
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legendary
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Looks like they finally graded one of the large CypherHodl coins!
I should have back in hand Friday or Saturday and will update with a picture of the coin in the slab Cheesy


hero member
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NGC grade some of them?

Nope. Tread93 here on BitcoinTalk knows the owner, or has at least met/spoken with the owner and asked him why they don’t grade/slab physical cryptocurrency coins and he stated “we only grade real coins”. Tread then said, well you slabbed those McDonalds Big Mac coins, and he replied “those are really nice coins”.

Even if they start opening up grading for these coins, I’m going elsewhere..despite imo the NGC slabs being the best slabs by far.


Hahhaah oh man that was just a classic thread, it was actually with the Director of Product Development over there at NGC where I had this conversation with him - he actually did say those things & I found it hilarious at the time. They held off for so long until Ottoh sealed the deal with them on a one time grading and slabbing of an entire collection & potentially more collections to come (We hope!). Its really a shame that they don't branch out but hey PCGS will happily take the business.
hero member
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PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

WHAT WHAT WHAT? Really...where? I sent them mine last year... waited 6 months only to be told no and they sent my coins back. If true that is good news.

You were added within the last 7 days, Congrats!

There seems to be some confusion at PCGS between CypherHodl and MyBits coins.

There are currently 2 coins listed like this.......One they have listed as CypherHodl and the other as MyBits
There may be some confusion due to some similarites with the larger brass coins that have been produced by both makers.

I currently have one of CypherHodls halving coins there and from the status report on my account, it does appear that they are grading it... but not sure how they will ultimately label it.
My submission sheets are always clearly labeled to which maker the product is from, so lets hope PCGS didn't decide to take it upon themselves to "know" what is what at this point.

Which leads me to also ask, who the heck is doing the authentication over there? Huh.... cuz it ain't me or anyone I know, which makes me nervous sometimes Tongue lol

Seemingly they mis-branded the MyBits Lion coin as a CypherHodl... all other MyBits graded by PCGS so far have the correct maker of "MyBits"





looks like the bold lettering is correct which is what will be labeled on the slab I assume, but the tagwords associated with the coin is what they mixed up maybe Huh
legendary
Activity: 3206
Merit: 3596
PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

WHAT WHAT WHAT? Really...where? I sent them mine last year... waited 6 months only to be told no and they sent my coins back. If true that is good news.

You were added within the last 7 days, Congrats!

There seems to be some confusion at PCGS between CypherHodl and MyBits coins.

There are currently 2 coins listed like this.......One they have listed as CypherHodl and the other as MyBits
There may be some confusion due to some similarites with the larger brass coins that have been produced by both makers.

I currently have one of CypherHodls halving coins there and from the status report on my account, it does appear that they are grading it... but not sure how they will ultimately label it.
My submission sheets are always clearly labeled to which maker the product is from, so lets hope PCGS didn't decide to take it upon themselves to "know" what is what at this point.

Which leads me to also ask, who the heck is doing the authentication over there? Huh.... cuz it ain't me or anyone I know, which makes me nervous sometimes Tongue lol

Seemingly they mis-branded the MyBits Lion coin as a CypherHodl... all other MyBits graded by PCGS so far have the correct maker of "MyBits"



legendary
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PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

Congrats k!

Is it true that you have to buy membership to PCGS in order to submit coins for
grading/slabbing?

Yes and they offer 3 levels of membership.

I am happy to submit any coins/notes to PCGS or ICG (or CGC, PSA, Beckett)  Cheesy




Brilliant, I'll bear that in mind mj.
legendary
Activity: 3206
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PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

Congrats k!

Is it true that you have to buy membership to PCGS in order to submit coins for
grading/slabbing?

Yes and they offer 3 levels of membership.

I am happy to submit any coins/notes to PCGS or ICG (or CGC, PSA, Beckett)  Cheesy



None.. and they need to stop grading plastic. Just slab it and say it's authentic! Tongue
hero member
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Nobody dies a virgin… Life fucks us all.
hero member
Activity: 2562
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PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

Congrats k!

Is it true that you have to buy membership to PCGS in order to submit coins for
grading/slabbing?

Yes and they offer 3 levels of membership.
legendary
Activity: 2464
Merit: 1387
PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

Congrats k!

Is it true that you have to buy membership to PCGS in order to submit coins for
grading/slabbing?
full member
Activity: 1318
Merit: 184
Krogothmanhattan alt account
PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

WHAT WHAT WHAT? Really...where? I sent them mine last year... waited 6 months only to be told no and they sent my coins back. If true that is good news.

You were added within the last 7 days, Congrats!

  Aye just checked your link on OP. Thanks ser  Cheesy
hero member
Activity: 2562
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PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

WHAT WHAT WHAT? Really...where? I sent them mine last year... waited 6 months only to be told no and they sent my coins back. If true that is good news.

You were added within the last 7 days, Congrats!
full member
Activity: 1318
Merit: 184
Krogothmanhattan alt account
PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.

WHAT WHAT WHAT? Really...where? I sent them mine last year... waited 6 months only to be told no and they sent my coins back. If true that is good news.
hero member
Activity: 2562
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PCGS is now up to 27 brands with CYPHERHODL being the latest.
legendary
Activity: 2282
Merit: 3014
NGC grade some of them?

Nope. Tread93 here on BitcoinTalk knows the owner, or has at least met/spoken with the owner and asked him why they don’t grade/slab physical cryptocurrency coins and he stated “we only grade real coins”. Tread then said, well you slabbed those McDonalds Big Mac coins, and he replied “those are really nice coins”.

Even if they start opening up grading for these coins, I’m going elsewhere..despite imo the NGC slabs being the best slabs by far.
copper member
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NGC grade some of them?
legendary
Activity: 2520
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The Stone the masons rejected was the cornerstone.
  I emailed them to ask what criteria and also why certain coin makers are accepted and not others....they responded as follows..

   Thank you for contacting PCGS Customer Service.
 
Some coins are not gradable because we do not have enough research or information on them. We cannot confirm why one coin may be graded and why another may not, as it will all depend on whether or not our graders feel they are comfortable enough and/or have enough resources and research to grade these coins.
 
Please let me know if you have any following questions.
 
Best Regards,
Celinda


Sounds like a bunch of BS....  "Graders feeling comfortable" Huh   Are the graders also authenticating?
I would think with a company of PCGS size/cost, they would have authenticators who do this before the coins even reach the graders

Maybe they need to hire one of us!! Cheesy

  Indeed...you would think that right?  I know Stacks uses Elias for their crypto....why cant PCGS do something similar?

  In time I believe they will come around and find someone who can fill that niche and examine their crypto collectables.

   I just wish others have Jumbo slabs for I wouldnt have to wait for PCGS to come around and do mine.

  I wasted 6 bloddy months for them to tell me no and of course paying the fee as well. Roll Eyes
legendary
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Maybe they need to hire one of us!! Cheesy

Please get hired and let me be your apprentice Smiley
legendary
Activity: 3206
Merit: 3596
  I emailed them to ask what criteria and also why certain coin makers are accepted and not others....they responded as follows..

   Thank you for contacting PCGS Customer Service.
 
Some coins are not gradable because we do not have enough research or information on them. We cannot confirm why one coin may be graded and why another may not, as it will all depend on whether or not our graders feel they are comfortable enough and/or have enough resources and research to grade these coins.
 
Please let me know if you have any following questions.
 
Best Regards,
Celinda


Sounds like a bunch of BS....  "Graders feeling comfortable" Huh   Are the graders also authenticating?
I would think with a company of PCGS size/cost, they would have authenticators who do this before the coins even reach the graders

Maybe they need to hire one of us!! Cheesy
legendary
Activity: 3304
Merit: 8633
icarus-cards.eu
ICG is the crypto grading standard anyway lol

miss the good old ANACS graded boxes... Cry Cry
legendary
Activity: 2520
Merit: 3238
The Stone the masons rejected was the cornerstone.
  I emailed them to ask what criteria and also why certain coin makers are accepted and not others....they responded as follows..

   Thank you for contacting PCGS Customer Service.
 
Some coins are not gradable because we do not have enough research or information on them. We cannot confirm why one coin may be graded and why another may not, as it will all depend on whether or not our graders feel they are comfortable enough and/or have enough resources and research to grade these coins.
 
Please let me know if you have any following questions.
 
Best Regards,
Celinda
hero member
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Are they guaranteeing any authenticity like ICG does, or are they simply slabbing them? If just slabbing, why not slab any damn coin? Otherwise if they are “authenticating”, then we’ve got a problem.

I believe the gold shield on the label implies authentication; however, as with all the grading houses, none are guaranteeing the load value.
legendary
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Are they guaranteeing any authenticity like ICG does, or are they simply slabbing them? If just slabbing, why not slab any damn coin? Otherwise if they are “authenticating”, then we’ve got a problem.
copper member
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ICG is the crypto grading standard anyway lol
legendary
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Yeah this is a bit wack, IMO... Tongue

At least 3 scam makers in this list, yet no other legit coinmakers.. Wtflol... Roll Eyes

legendary
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This seems like de ja vu - seems we had a thread with the same comments about 6-9 months ago - hell if I can find it though.

I have one poly note graded by them and the information they put is wrong - polymerbit confirmed the information is correct. I plan to cut it out of their ugly flimsy holder and just put it with the rest in my currency binder.
hero member
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Can confirm that Bitcoin Suisse and Polymerbit notes are graded by PCGS.

Has anyone tried grading other banknote makers?

Thanks for confirming.  The banknote part is tricky and may require more manual research as the pop report seems to easily reflect coins and not banknotes as so much.
legendary
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The Stone the masons rejected was the cornerstone.
Interesting list they have.... looks like there are many that they have not graded yet like the Cryptocracy:
https://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail/cryptocracy/203113/241253

Almost looks like they just copied the list of most of the coins out of the encyclopedia

  Yeah it makes you wonder what it takes to get you on their list. I know I submitted mine and after waiting 6 months was told

   they would not encapsulate and grade them....yet they are grading scam coins!  Roll Eyes
hero member
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Can confirm that Bitcoin Suisse and Polymerbit notes are graded by PCGS.

Has anyone tried grading other banknote makers?
legendary
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Interesting list they have.... looks like there are many that they have not graded yet like the Cryptocracy:
https://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail/cryptocracy/203113/241253

Almost looks like they just copied the list of most of the coins out of the encyclopedia
hero member
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Here are 2 ways to keep up and stay current with which physical crypto brands (currently @ 14) that PCGS grades.

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/world-coins/decentralized-currency/cryptocurrency/203113

or

https://www.pcgs.com/pop, then scroll down and select Decentralized Currency, then select Cryptocurrency to expand the list.  You can then click on the brands to see the graded population totals.

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