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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phubanks, post: 815961, member: 23286&quot;]I am very new to currency collection ... does anyone have any advice on the best grading companies to use?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have read on some sites that CGA, PCGS, and PMG are the top 3.&nbsp; Do people concur?</p><p><br /></p><p>What about these issues:</p><p><br /></p><p>Holder Quality:&nbsp; I love the holders that PMG uses as it&#039;s very stiff and seems high quality.&nbsp; The CGA holder is very flimsy and feels sort of cheap.&nbsp; I have never seen a PCGS holder.&nbsp; I have read some things that notes should be allowed to breath. Is that true?&nbsp; I think the PMG holder was sealed to air. Could that cause a problem?</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading Accuracy: From what I have seen, of the top 3, CGA is the most strict (conservative) and PMG the most liberal (PCGS somewhere in between).&nbsp; Is it to ones advantage to get a PMG liberal grading, then one might get a better price when selling (esp on ebay)?&nbsp; Sometimes 1 grade level (64 to 65) can cause the bid to go up by $1000.&nbsp; I know this is sort of a stupid question because the note would be the same -- and selling a misgraded note is a bit like cheating.&nbsp; But on the other hand grading is more of an art than a science.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would appreciate anyones thoughts or opinions on this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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