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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1788811, member: 112&quot;]There is no simple yes or no answer to your question, it&#039;s more complicated than that. First of all each of what you are calling second tier companies are different from each other and some are often thought of as being more lenient on that subject than the others. And secondly, even that answer can vary greatly depending on the particular time frame you are talking about, the date the coin was slabbed in other words. This matter because at various time periods of their histories each company operated under different standards. So you can&#039;t just make a generalized statement say for example that ICG and ANACS were more lenient regarding problem coins than NGC and PCGS because sometimes they were, and sometimes they weren&#039;t. The same is true of some the others.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Post a pic of the coin, or several of them, and you will get opinions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For the most part they are very similar to each other. But that often depends on who you ask. For example, dedicated fans of PCGS will often claim that PCGS is much stricter on the subject than NGC is, while dedicated fans of NGC might say the opposite. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But at the same time both NGC and PCGS are known for being inconsistent on the issue. There are just too many examples of the exact same coin being bagged on one submission and then graded on another. And both NGC and PCGS are also known for being overly lenient towards coins from certain famous collections, coins with a certain pedigree in other words. And both companies are also known for being lenient regarding coins from specific series, earlier US coinage for example, and coins of a certain scarcity and/or value.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So as you can see, it&#039;s a complicated issue and there is no simple answer. That&#039;s why you were given the answers you were in the posts above, because if you don&#039;t know all of this so you can sort it out yourself, or if you cannot correctly identify a problem coin on your own, then your best option is to only buy NGC and PCGS coins. But always remember, even though your odds are better with those two companies, there is no sure thing for even they will slab some problem coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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