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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 295494, member: 112&quot;]I believe the reason yo uare under that impression is because some folks believe that a Canadian grading company, ICCS, uses stricter grading standards than the US grading companies use. And this is often repeated on the coin forums. I&#039;m not saying it is true or not true that they are more strict - just saying that some people say they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you need to realize something else, no two grading companies use the same set of standards. The ANA has a set, PCGS has their set, NGC has their set, ANACS has their set, ICG has their set and so on and so on. Every single one of them uses a different set of grading standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>So in order for you or anyone else to be able to understand how and why a given grading company graded a coin as they did - you must become familiar with and have a good understanding of the grading standards that that particular company uses. Otherwise, you are constantly comparing apples to oranges.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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