I ordered 5 from the mint (confirmed) and bought 2 PF70's from moderncoinmart.com. I hope mintages stay LOW ~ LOW !
Your question is a good one. The quote in my post was from " Fishy" , so we will let him answer your question.
The standards are "similar" and both PCGS and NGC do good work and are well respected companies in the marketplace. Some give a slight edge to PCGS but it's very slight to me. I'm a member at both. Back to ASE proofs: The PF70UCAM pre-sales on eBay were all NGC last week. This puzzled me. I was surprised that no PF70DCAM pre-sales of PCGS coins could be found. One PCGS 70 pre-sale did pop up over the weekend though. $185! I still wonder what's going on there. http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Proof-1-oz...94?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item51966114ce
the coin vault has NGC PF70's at $129.95 Is that a fair deal? https://www.thecoinvault.com/Store/catalog/BULLION,3.htm
You can look at PCGS's Population reports from prior years to get an idea. And yes, some will likely grade 68. Here's a sampling from 2007 and 2008: 2007: PF70DCAM was 16.7%, PF69DCAM was 82.0%, PF68DCAM was 1.0%, PF67DCAM or lower was 0.3%. 2008: PF70DCAM was 22.1%, PF69DCAM was 76.9%, PF68DCAM was 0.8%, PF67DCAM or lower was 0.2%. As you can see, the vast majority of proof ASE submitted to PCGS from these years graded PF69DCAM. This might help expalin why most eBay pre-sales were for NGC PF70UCAM!
Not sure where they may be in the system, but FedEx indicates this evening, both shipments (separate orders), have left the FedEx location, Indiana.
Still a chance for Friday. Keep checkin' and keep us posted... As well as all you other folks. Excitin' stuff for "Eagle" collectors.... Post pics and share your experiances. Gosh, I need a life. Oh wait, I've got one.....