Professional Coin Grading Service
Professional Coin Grading Service Overview
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Professional Coin Grading Service has a 3.0 star rating from 5 reviews; consumers are mostly neutral. Rating distribution shows 40% unfavorable and 20% positive. Pros note nice encapsulated coins; cons cite customer service. Price level reported as medium. Reviewers value Turnaround Time and Website.
Key Takeaways for Future Customers
- Read Professional Coin Grading Service reviews and submission protocols before sending coins.
- Expect medium pricing and variable turnaround time; check membership terms.
- Prepare for potential customer service delays when seeking status, billing, or refund help.
Negative Feedback / Risk Areas
- Frequent customer complaints about poor customer service and slow responses.
- Reports of inconsistent grading, mislabeling, lost submissions, denied refunds, and membership fee disputes.
Positive Feedback
Coins are nicely encapsulated and some staff provide clear, knowledgeable answers.
The generated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
Professional Coin Grading Service has a 3.0 star rating from 5 reviews; consumers are mostly neutral. Rating distribution shows 40% unfavorable and 20% positive. Pros note nice encapsulated coins; cons cite customer service. Price level reported as medium. Reviewers value Turnaround Time and Website.
Key Takeaways for Future Customers
- Read Professional Coin Grading Service reviews and submission protocols before sending coins.
- Expect medium pricing and variable turnaround time; check membership terms.
- Prepare for potential customer service delays when seeking status, billing, or refund help.
Negative Feedback / Risk Areas
- Frequent customer complaints about poor customer service and slow responses.
- Reports of inconsistent grading, mislabeling, lost submissions, denied refunds, and membership fee disputes.
Positive Feedback
Coins are nicely encapsulated and some staff provide clear, knowledgeable answers.
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This review is from a real person who provided valid contact information and hasn't been caught misusing, spamming or abusing our website. Check our FAQ
Verified Reviewer |Hi, I have some old antique coins and...
- - Has antique coins and a few antique $1 and $2 bills.
- - Wants to know where to send pictures and if someone will contact them.
- - Has been reading about PCGS.
Hi, I have some old antique coins and about5- antique $1bills-3-4 $2 Bills, is there a chance I can send you a picture of the coins/dollars? Will someone be able to get in contact with me?
Id like to show someone what I have, Ive been reading a lot About your company(PCGS).
Would you please tell me where to send the pictures to?
Thank you very much
Best regards,
A. Lopez
Preferred solution: I’d like to know if someone can tell me anything about this coins or if there’s any chance I can send them to you? Thank you very much.
Verify a coin had been graded by pcgs
Staff gave me clear n conciss answers to my questions. They know what they are doing. Very happy they helped
User's recommendation: Always ask, if you want answers
Verify a coin had been graded by pcgs
No one answered, call my mobile 210.389.6613. My name is Alfonso Cano in San Antonio Texas. I am looking at a coin for sale on ebay
Coins
- - Phone agent didn't seem to know much about coins.
- - I need info on where to go next regarding a rare coin.
- - I can't find anyone in the business to help me.
Know about coins! The person that answered the phone didnt seem to know much about coins.I just needed some information about where to go from here.
I have a coin I believe is a rare coin. I cant find any one in the business to help me out.I just need some info to know where to go now.
Thanks
Wesley Nicholson
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Verified ReviewerPCGS stole our rare coins!!!
- - Submitted coins to PCGS; paid $2,670 in grading fees and $69 membership.
- - Coins lost; claim filed; PCGS denied refunds and value; they suspect theft.
PCGS was contacted by the Better Business Bureau on our behalf. PCGS never responded.
After leaving several messages for over a month, PCGS finally returned our call and refused to refund our money for the coins they lost!
These were our inheritance! We are now seeking legal advice.
We submitted our coins in person to PCGS to have our coins graded by the next day. We paid over $2670 in grading fees and a requured $69 membership fee.
PCGS sent an email confirmation that they received our coins, graded them, and are now ready for pickup. We drove over 3 hours to pick our coins up only for PCGS to tell us they suddenly lost them.
We filed a claim as instructed by PCGS however PCGS later denied us a refund of our grading fees and the fair market value of our submitted coins which were estimated at a minimum of $10,350 by several other numismatics.
We believe our coins were stolen by PCGS based on how rare these coins were and how many private collectors showed extreme interest in them.
We will not stop sharing our story until we get what we are owed by PCGS.
User's recommendation: Do not trust PCGS, they will steal your rare coins!
My fault for not doing my homework on your protocols. SORRY
I got ahead of myself. am 74 with; dyslexia. I have since tried to study the requirements and have been packaging my coins in more suitable plastic containers and cataloging them.
User's recommendation: hire a secretary to help you.
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Verified Buyer |This review is from a real person who provided valid contact information and hasn't been caught misusing, spamming or abusing our website. Check our FAQ
Verified ReviewerMislabeled 2023P extra V Penny
- - Sent for grading; First Strike label shows no extra V and no response from customer service.
- - They plan a regrade with NGC and will stop using PCGS.
Sent in for grading was issued a First Strike but no extra V in the label contacted customer service sent pictures but no response from them. Not happy they have devalued this coin think that it took a month and a half to grade the coin they would get it right going to send it to a more reputable company like NGC for a regrade which I should have done in the first place. Goodbye PCGS
User's recommendation: Use NGC
Recently received order
- - The order took five months, instead of 30 days.
- - I could barely reach customer service for an explanation.
- - Customer service was very poor.
I was told my order would take around 30 days turnaround time and instead it took 5 months in which time I could barely ever get ahold of any customer service rep to talk to for an explanation. Some of the worst customer service I have ever received.
User's recommendation: Use a different grading company
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Verified ReviewerBad Customer Service
- - Coin may be underweight (8.8g vs 11.3g) and not weighed for authenticity.
- - Customer was told weight checks can't be done before shipping; $65 return.
Gregg Jones
Mar 9, 2023, 08:42 PST
I submitted a coin for what I believed to be a Kennedy half dollar on the wrong planchet. I am not a expert on coins and dont care to be.
When I submitted the coin, I had put a questionable comment on the form order number 2310**** about the submission. I was shocked that the coin was not weighed to measure the weight of the coin, and if this would had been performed the inspector would had known the coin was underweight. 8.8 grams vs 11.3 grams. I had contacted PCGS about the weight before it was shipped at your location and was told that this could not be done.
I was then t hold that if something was not correct to send it back to be regraded. If the coin was misgraded it would be redone to check my concerns and I would not be charged. We I called your location after I received the coin and it was not recorded to be on the quarter stock . So yes I was incorrect on my discrepancy but again how do you not weigh the coin for authenticity?
Please help me understand this. Now Im told I will have to pay another $65 dollars to send the coin back to you. This is what I believe not to be a good workable decision. I would have know problem paying if I had sent a coin that I had not questioned in advance by paper and phone conversation.
This is not about getting something for free, but the correct validation of my coin., Needless to say I am extremely disappointed in your company. Gregg Jones Amateur Coin Collector
- Nice encapsulated coin
- Customer service
User's recommendation: Don’t Do Business With PCGS
They just graded my coins I haven’t gotten back yet this company is a fraud and I will take my complaint to my attorney general here in Indiana
- - Coins graded by this company have not been returned.
- - The reviewer calls the company a fraud.
- - They will file a complaint with Indiana AG and sue PCGS.
They just graded my coins I havent gotten back yet this company is a fraud and I will take my complaint to my attorney general here in Indiana this company is a fraud and they are committing fraud to you the American people these people should be ashamed what they done to the American people like I said I will take my coins into my attorney general And let him file suit against Pcgs
Preferred solution: I’ve been into the metal business all my life I have been a inspector with fine metal this company is a *** fraud
Try ANACS or NGC avoid a headache.
- - Paid $1,200 for 20 graded; 14 had errors and 6 were wheat pennies.
- - Grading reversed: wheat pennies $65; error coins $35; capsules show no errors.
Paid $1,200 to get 20 coins graded. 14 coins had mistakes and 6 were wheat pennies with no errors.
The 14 error coins were $65.00 per coin for a total of $910.00. The wheat pennies were $35.00 per coin for the sum of $210.00 plus return shipping fee for $33.00 and $37.00 extra because the error coins had to be sent elsewhere for grading. When I received all the graded coins the coins were graded opposite to my submission form for they graded my wheat pennies at $65.00 each and the 14 coins with the errors at $35.00 each. None of the error coins were identified as having errors on the capsules from PCGS.
The grading was bogus because the one example that lets anybody that deals in this hobby is a 1982 D small date zinc coin that had doubling on the mint mark and doubling on the reverse on E PLURIBUS UNUM and it was returned to me as a 1982 D small date bronze penny that can sell at an auction house between $18,000.00 and $30,000.00 and that is one of the major ones of the grading that lets me know my money was taken without the service that I paid for. The 1982 D penny is zinc.
Preferred solution: Full refund
PCGS : Professional Coin Grading Service inconsistent and unresponsive
- - PCGS is inconsistent in grading and unresponsive to emails.
- - A scarce coin was graded 65 repeatedly; later regraded higher and sold for $2,500 more.
This company grades and encapsulates rare and collectible coins. They are considered by many to be the "gold standard" in this field.
My complaint is their inconsistency in grading and failure to answer e-mails pertaining to several different subjects. For those who are not familiar with coin grading, be advised that an increase of a single grade can often cause huge gaps in the pricing structure. Coins are graded numerically with uncirculated coins scoring from 60-70 and all points in between. I submitted for grading a very scarce coin.
expecting a grade of 66. Receiving a 65, I resubmitted the coin 3 more times, each receiving the same grade. OK, that must be it ( I guess ) $125 total. So I sold the coin ; only to have it appear in the very next auction by the auction house, regraded higher by PCGS (like I thought all along).
The coin then sold for $2500.00 more than I received simply due to the "change" in "grade" over the course of a month ??... PCGS - Inconsistent and unresponsive and I'm out over $2500.00
- Inconsistent coin grading
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