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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 322556, member: 6036&quot;]A great man once said <b>&quot;All generalities are bad.&quot;</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But seriously, stainless... beware of these sort of generalities. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For example, many believe that grading standards have slipped over the years. That would mean that, <b>generally speaking</b>, coins in old TPG holders are undergraded by today&#039;s standards, right ? And since the old PCGS holders are easily recognizable by the green labels, one should stock up on them, submit &#039;em for regrading, and get fat because they get an extra point or two, right ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wrong. For a number of reasons.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For one, when someone dreams up these sort of schemes, they are #1,347,362 in line - behind people who thought it up long ago. If there was ever any merit in the idea, it was fished out long ago.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It all comes down to the time-honored CT mantra - <b>buy the coin, not the slab</b>. Any top TPG&#039;s slab can be over or undergraded. Most of them are on target IMHO.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Learn how to grade by reading up, asking lots of questions, and casting your eye upon hundreds or thousands of coins. Hit the coin shows.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But I think it&#039;s fair to say that, <b>generally speaking</b>, PCGS / NGC coins are on the whole the most marketable, ANACS next, and ICG 4th.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I treat all other slabs as raw coins - except I can&#039;t examine the edge. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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