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International Coin Certification Service (ICCS) is a Canadian third-party coin certification company located in Toronto, Ontario. [1] [2] ICCS certification consists of grading, authentication, grade qualification, variety attribution, and other determinations. ICCS grades most world coins but is particularly known for grading Canadian dollars. [3]
Coin grading [1] is the process of determining the grade or condition of a coin, one of the key factors in determining its collectible value. A coin's grade is generally determined by six criteria: strike, preservation, luster, color, attractiveness, and occasionally the country/state in which it was minted. Several grading systems have been ...
Third-party grading (TPG) refers to coin grading & banknote grading authentication, attribution, and encapsulation by independent certification services.. These services will, for a tiered fee depending on the value of the coin, "slab" a coin and assign a grade of 1–70 on the Sheldon grading system, with 1 being the lowest grade, with only faint details visible to 70, a practically perfect ...
A coin catalog (or coin catalogue) is a listing of coin types. Information may include pictures of the obverse and reverse (front and back), date and place of minting, distribution type, translation of inscriptions, description of images, theme, metal type, mintage, edge description, orientation of the coin, weight, diameter, thickness, design credentials, shape and prices for various grades.
A coin that has not been encapsulated by any coin grading service. [1] reeded edge See milled edge. relief The part of the coin's design that is raised above the field, opposite of incuse. [1] re-strike A coin struck from genuine dies at a date later than the original issue. [1] Some of the 1804 U.S. Silver Dollars were re-strikes. repunched date
ICCS stands for: Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Italy; International Catholic Conference of Scouting; International Coin Certification Service, Canada; International Commission of Control and Supervision, United Nations; International Commission on Civil Status, Europe; International Council for Canadian Studies
Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins: With Platinum and Palladium Issues: 1601–present, 6th Edition, publication date 2009, Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1-4402-0424-1 Digital copy available separately. Unusual World Coins, 6th Edition, publication date 2011, Krause Publications, ISBN 978-1-4402-1702-9 Digital copy available separately.
Coin collecting is the collecting of coins or other forms of minted legal tender. Coins of interest to collectors include beautiful, rare, and historically significant pieces. Collectors may be interested, for example, in complete sets of a particular design or denomination, coins that were in circulation for only a brief time, or coins with ...