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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2963751, member: 24314"]In defense of NGC & PCGS <b>there is going to be more grading inconsistency </b>with a company that does thousands of coins a day vs hundreds.</p><p><br /></p><p>baseball21, posted: "I believe they swapped several graders during that time frame as well with ICG graders going to ANACS and ANACS graders going to ICG." </p><p><br /></p><p>True and ANACS lost a lawsuit to ICG for $$$,$$$. For a while, it looked like ICG was going to just buy them lock, stock, and graders but perhaps that was just wishful thinking by ANACS.</p><p><br /></p><p>baseball21, continued: "I'm actually starting to convert more to your ranking at this point. Aside from super cheap grading sometimes I don't really see anything from ANACS that tells me they should be ranked higher than ICG." </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll agree. It all depends on where you live as ICG stopped going to most shows west of the Mississippi. Their slabs rule the southern shows. I was told they didn't need the shows out West (cost) as they were chipping away at NGC's foreign market due to faster turnaround and cost. ANACS & ICG have their loyal customers and will not lose them. Both these services are equal for attribution and IMO do a better job than the top two BY FAR!</p><p><br /></p><p>So, depending on your needs, one of the TPGS is best for you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2963751, member: 24314"]In defense of NGC & PCGS [B]there is going to be more grading inconsistency [/B]with a company that does thousands of coins a day vs hundreds. baseball21, posted: "I believe they swapped several graders during that time frame as well with ICG graders going to ANACS and ANACS graders going to ICG." True and ANACS lost a lawsuit to ICG for $$$,$$$. For a while, it looked like ICG was going to just buy them lock, stock, and graders but perhaps that was just wishful thinking by ANACS. baseball21, continued: "I'm actually starting to convert more to your ranking at this point. Aside from super cheap grading sometimes I don't really see anything from ANACS that tells me they should be ranked higher than ICG." I'll agree. It all depends on where you live as ICG stopped going to most shows west of the Mississippi. Their slabs rule the southern shows. I was told they didn't need the shows out West (cost) as they were chipping away at NGC's foreign market due to faster turnaround and cost. ANACS & ICG have their loyal customers and will not lose them. Both these services are equal for attribution and IMO do a better job than the top two BY FAR! So, depending on your needs, one of the TPGS is best for you![/QUOTE]
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