Independent Coin Grading Company

Independent Coin Grading Company (ICG)
ICG is a grading service located in Englewood, CO.
Indian cent ...

ICG - Independent Coin Grading Company of Englewood, Colorado. ICG rates fairly high as a second tier grading services, one of the top five or six in all. The firm tends to provide higher grades for strong eye appeal as compared to the top tier TPGs.

IGC - Independent Coin Grading Company.
Mint State (MS) - The term Mint State (MS) can be interchanged with Uncirculated (UNC) to describe "new" coins showing no trace of wear.
NGC - Numismatic Guarantee Company.

Independent Coin Grading Company (ICG)
7901 E. Belleview Ave. Suite 50
Englewood, CO 80111
877-221-4ICG or 303-221-4424
International Coin Certification Service Inc. (ICCS)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
416-488-8620
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ...

ICG - Acronym for Independent Coin Grading Company.
ICTA - The government affairs and lobbying group for the rare coin and precious metal industry. Stands for Industry Council for Tangible Assets.

The most well-known grading services are the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), Independent Coin Grading Company (ICDC), Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America (NGC), and ANACS.

A 1974 aluminum cent pattern has recently been certified by Independent Coin Grading Company, a third party authentication and grading service. ICG has encapsulated it in a slab with a grade of AU58.

They include the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), ANACS and the Independent Coin Grading Company (ICG).

as much as possible about the United States coin you're collecting so you'll be able to tell when something is "off." But in general. Trust coins certified by a major authentication and grading service such as the Independent Coin Grading Company.

Accu-Grade (ACG) was listed overall as "unacceptable," the lowest-ranking category on the scale. ANACS and Independent Coin Grading Company (ICG) were ranked overall as "average.

See also: Coin, Coin grading, Grading, Mint, Numismatic