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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 33123, member: 824&quot;]Depends...for me, if I have to buy &quot;sight-unseen&quot; and two coins are presented to me (i.e., ebay), one that is graded MS69 by PCGS or another that is graded MS69 from John Doe&#039;s ebay store, all things being equal, I will buy the coin that is been authenticated, graded, certified, and protected by PCGS...and sure I may pay additional just for the peace of mind of knowing that what I am buying is, what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>The top four grading companies are PCGS, NGC, ICG&nbsp; and ANACS (not neccesarily in that order).&nbsp; For me, I don&#039;t have any use for the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes, I like to see how the graders are &quot;grading&quot; by going to:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.greysheet.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.greysheet.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.greysheet.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Proof sets coming directly from the US Mint should grade no lower than PR67.&nbsp; However the differance in costs between a PR68 coin and PR70 are huge, so it depends on your budjet.&nbsp; Also, the prices take off since you as a collector can boast that you possess a &quot;perfect&quot; coin.&nbsp; Not too many of these coins floating around to the billions that are struck every year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember that MS coins are differant than PR coins and are graded as such.&nbsp; They are minted totally differant and every grading company grades them as either PR or MS...never one in the same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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