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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 829837, member: 8033&quot;]Funny I should stumble upon this thread. I was looking through some coins I plan to have slabbed by the &quot;major&quot; TPGs (PCGS or NGC) and ran across my 1875 U.S. Twenty Cent piece slabbed by ICCS.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought it from a Canadian gentleman that winters in Florida some years ago. It is WAY UNDERGRADED IMHO. It&#039;s slabbed as an XF40. Traces of original mint luster, original surfaces and VERY strong detail.</p><p>At work we have an NGC (I believe) coin of the same date on ebay graded an F12 and it absolutely pales in comparison. Sure it&#039;s a big grade jump but recently I saw a VF20 75CC graded by NGC and nowhere NEAR the detail of my &quot;XF40&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>U.S. Twenty Cent pieces are difficult to grade as the all important LIBERTY was RAISED in the design. Therefore it was a high wear point. </p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I like my &quot;Canadian slab&quot; it will be cracked out and graded by an Amercian TPG. I see a nice jump in the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know it&#039;s a reach but buying U.S. coins graded by Canadian TPGs and Canadian coins graded by American TPGs may yield some surprising results for crossovers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Food for thought.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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