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Message:: [QUOTE="KSorbo, post: 1823644, member: 56370"]One of the most valuable lessons I have learned from participating on this forum is that TPG's other than PCGS/NGC are often seen as being more lenient not just on grading points (i.e. MS64 vs. 65), but also on their standards for slabbing coins as "problem free".  For example, if a coin is graded MS63 by ANACS or SEGS, and there is only a small price difference between a 60 and a 63, one may think that there is very little downside risk even if the coin was overgraded by a point or two.  However, if this coin was cleaned and deserving of a "details" grade but was slabbed problem free based on more lenient standards, than its true status is "not gradable" which just kills its market value.  This does not only apply to uncirculated coins, as even circulated coins can have cleaning or other problems that are toned over or otherwise not visible to the untrained eye. Therefore, since I don't always feel confident in my own abilities to determine if a coin was cleaned, I would rather rely on the best professional experience money can buy.  Based on the CDN bid prices for PCGS/NGC compared with other TPG's, I think it's obvious whose experience the market values the most...[/QUOTE]