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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinsandmedals, post: 3800139, member: 107435&quot;]Let me start by saying that when it comes to buying world coins already graded, I could care less if they are in a PCGS, NGC, or an old white ANACS holder. A beautiful coin is a beautiful coin regardless of the plastic. Since I do most of my buying online and digital pictures can be terrible, I avoid the others. If I had the opportunity to examine the coin in hand, the general policy of &quot;I could care less about the plastic&quot; would fully apply to all.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, when it comes to sending world coins to a TPG, I almost exclusively pick NGC. I have several reasons for this.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Consistency: I find NGCs grading (for English and Irish coins at least) to be more consistent than the other TPGs.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Variety attribution: NGC is willing to work with me to recognize varieties that are not currently listed on their website if I can provide sufficient evidence. Please note I am talking about world coins and not US coins here.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Customer service: I have had mostly positive experiences with the people at NGC, and they are swift to acknowledge and correct a mistake when they make one. For instance, I caught an error in my recent submission, and they had it pulled from the shipping dock, corrected the mistake, and mailed my submissions out to me on the same day. I have not had this experience with the other TPGs.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. The holder: I know I just said I could care less about the plastic, but I find the edge view more helpful. Their edges most easily distinguish some of the pieces I collect, and if you remove this view, it makes identification more difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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