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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1810022, member: 112&quot;]It&#039;s a very complicated issue with many changes that occurred over many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC and PCGS make a point of there being differences in their grading standards, they always have. In fact all of the TPGs do the same thing, each one uses different grading standards than any of the others and they do it quite intentionally. It is a part of their business plan. Quite a few years ago there what just about everybody considered to be 4 top tier grading companies, NGC, PCGS, ANACS and ICG. The way they made things work was each one of the TPGs was tougher on a particular series than the others, and more lenient on a particular series than the others. The average person really wasn&#039;t aware of this, and when most were told of it they refused to believe it. Instead they would go with the fan mentality believing that their favorite company was better than the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then in 2004, all of the TPGs relaxed their grading standards. Many refuse to believe this ever happened, but the evidence that it is true speaks for itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then some years ago ICG and ANACS were bought by new owners and each of them greatly relaxed their grading standards in order to try and draw in more business. It didn&#039;t work. And NGC and PCGS became the only 2 top tier grading companies. But each is still tougher on one series and more lenient on other series. That is how they manage to compete with each other and yet maintain their reputations.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time there are many similarities between NGC and PCGS, meaning they both do some things the same way. That is especially true of the light wear issue I discussed above. Both companies treat it the same way. And both companies treat several other things the same way, such as over-grading coins with a special pedigree, or over-grading coins of a certain rarity or high value, or over-grading coins from a certain time period. And yes, they do these things for the reason you mentioned. They have to in order to be able to compete with each other and stay in business.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the simple answer to your question is - yes. But to just say that without knowing and being aware of all the changes that have occurred and when they occurred, well it&#039;s hard to imagine that such a thing could happen. But the primary goal of the TPGs is to make money, they are a business, nothing more. And the best way to make money is to keep your customers happy. And the best way to keep your customers happy is to give them what they want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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