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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 111507, member: 112"]No they do not use the same grading standards - no two grading companies use the same grading standards. As a general rule, you will be able to find more coins slabbed as a 70 by NGC than you will by PCGS. Why this happens nobody can prove, but there are many assumptions made. Some say it is because PCGS is tougher. Some say it is because by slabbing fewer 70 coins PCGS can help maintain the belief that they are the better grading company and thus maintain their market share. Some even say that there is a quota system in use by PCGS. Whatever the reason, holding up how many coins a given company grades in a single grade, MS/PF70, as a measuring stick doesn't prove anything. All of the grading companies use the market grading system - that however is not the same as saying they all use the same set of standards. So there is no way to say which company is better, tougher or stricter when it comes to grading. That's because grading is subjective and it will depend on who you ask as to what answer you will get. There really is only one measuring stick that can be used to compare the grading companies - and that is consistency. And when it comes to consistency, NGC beats PCGS hands down. Unfortunately, not enough people know that.[/QUOTE]