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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2648709, member: 29751"]...10-15 million of those are Morgans and modern bullion. You'd think they'd at least get the ones that MATTER right...you know, <b><i>the ones where the value difference is a thousand-fold or so</i></b>? </p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS has been getting a lot of egg on their face lately. And, no I'm not anti-PCGS -- I own hundreds of PCGS graded coins. When a company makes it their slogan "<i>the best coins always end up in PCGS holders</i>" then they better back that up with accuracy, and down-right perfectionism. Period. Instead, I've seen lax/generous grading, mis-attributions of even the simplest of things (proof vs. business strike), and clear and noticeable upward "rewards" to assigned numerical grades based on toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>NGC makes mistakes too, I'm not delusional. However, in my couple decades experience collecting both brands, NGC wins for consistency -- PCGS wins for marketing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2648709, member: 29751"]...10-15 million of those are Morgans and modern bullion. You'd think they'd at least get the ones that MATTER right...you know, [B][I]the ones where the value difference is a thousand-fold or so[/I][/B]? PCGS has been getting a lot of egg on their face lately. And, no I'm not anti-PCGS -- I own hundreds of PCGS graded coins. When a company makes it their slogan "[I]the best coins always end up in PCGS holders[/I]" then they better back that up with accuracy, and down-right perfectionism. Period. Instead, I've seen lax/generous grading, mis-attributions of even the simplest of things (proof vs. business strike), and clear and noticeable upward "rewards" to assigned numerical grades based on toning. NGC makes mistakes too, I'm not delusional. However, in my couple decades experience collecting both brands, NGC wins for consistency -- PCGS wins for marketing.[/QUOTE]
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