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Dominion Grading Service

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Hey everyone. I personally don't focus on different grading service slabs so I thought I would pass this along to members of CH. A slab from Dominion Grading service with what appears to be the date of the grading on the label. The auction ends Sat. 1/4/2014 at 11:00 AM Hope this helps someone here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1878-P-Choice-H ... 2ecd1e7a07

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Never thought the area for a serial number could be the date!

Thought I would add the pictures.
Dominion grading 78P Morgan obv.jpg
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that's actually a perfect B.S. detector.
if you ask the seller, "when/where did you pick this coin up?".....
& a reply is "from an estate sale back in 1998"........ :s
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Is the Dominion Grading Service long gone like I suspect and if so, are they scarce and is there much interest their holders (even though this is one ugly/harshly cleaned coin)? THANKS. :confused:

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#6 Unread post by Daniel »

Dave Lawrence bought PCI and started calling the service Dominion Grading Service. I have no idea if he already had the service before purchasing PCI, but this holder is the same style as PCI. I doubt the validity of the sellers claims since 1998 is to far back, it could be 2008, or I am mistaken.

Dave Lawrence is a big dealer but I don't know if they still grade under this name, and PCI is back in business, so don't know if he still owns PCI. If anyone sees an error in what I stated feel free to correct, please.

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I do not think it can be from 1998. It sounds like baloney to me. Who would grade a coin so wrecked??? This is not a 1798 Bust dollar.

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Just picked up two DGS slabs
1853-O 25c Arrows and rays F-15
And I just noticed that the 1854-O with Arrows is listed as a 50c peice but it relly is just a quarter, in F15
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And the serial numbers are very close but do not match to a date
54-O 011712004
53-O 011712003
I bought the pair since the serial number are together, I was only going to get one but I like the serial numbers.

Sorry for the pictures they are scans.
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#9 Unread post by dipper13 »

It has to scare you when they do not even get the coin denomination correct! The coins however look problem free ( not cleaned or altered) or way over graded. Did they come from EBAY? Can you post clearer pix?

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#10 Unread post by rjp »

I bought them at the Van Nuys, Ca coin show sunday 2-23-14.
I'll work on the pictures, the camara does do a nicer job.
Both are F-15 and do look right for the grade but could always be just fine (12 not 15).
Got them at a good price also. The dealers like to get rid of the old TPG slabs, some would just as well break them out to sell them easier.
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