WHO GRADED AND SLABBED YOUR COIN??

     IF YOU ARE THINKING OF BUYING A GRADED AND "SLABBED" COIN,

THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND":

1.  YOU MUST HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE GRADING SCALE

     USED.  THE FIRST FILTER IS "DOES IT LOOK LIKE A MS**?  NO MATTER

     WHAT COMPANY'S NAME IS ON THE SLAB, IF IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT 

     DO NOT BUY IT!

2.   KNOW THE NAME OF THE GOOD COMPANIES!  PCGS AND NGC ARE 

      THE TWO THAT SEEM TO DOMINATE THE MARKET.  IGC SEEMS TO 

      BE AN UP AND COMING COMPANY.  BUT FOR ANY OTHERS THAN THESE

      THREE I GO TO GOOGLE AND DO RESEARCH.

3.   FOR EXAMPLE, I FOUND 2 SLABBED COINS BY  "NATIONAL NUMISMATIC

      CERTIFICATION."  ONE WAS A 1 RUPEE SILVER COIN FROM INDIA.

      THE SLAB BORE THE MARKINGS 1913-B AND MS64..

         HOWEVER, THE COIN WAS A 1912!!  I OF COURSE HAVE NO INFORMATION

      AS TO WHEN THE 1912 RUPEE WAS PUT IN THE SLAB--BUT LOOKED FOR

      OBVIOUS DAMAGE WHERE THE SLAB MIGHT HAVE BEEN OPENED TO NO

      AVAIL.  THE FUNNY THING WAS THAT THE COIN SEEMED TO BE IN THE

      MS RANGE.

4.   WHEN I GOOGLED THE NAME THE REPORTS WERE MOSTLY BAD..    

      ONE OF THE REMARKS SAID "SCAM ARTIST"  I HAVE NO INFORMATION

      EITHER WAY ABOUT THIS.

             I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU TO DO YOUR RESEARCH!!