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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCB1983, post: 1342210, member: 23885&quot;]I use to be a PCGS only guy.&nbsp; Now that I have been learning more about numismatics, I have been grading the coin (not the slab).&nbsp; It was first pointed out to me that NGC has higher grading standards for the FBL in the Franklin series.&nbsp; Recently I have been noticing some minor intricacies in an entirely different series.&nbsp; It might just be me.&nbsp; This is about the only way I can describe what I am feeling if it makes any sense.&nbsp; Let us take a spectrum.&nbsp; On one side are problems with the coin.. ie possible artificial toning, possible cleaning, possible dipping, rim dings.&nbsp; Now let&#039;s move to the other end of the spectrum which I will refer as positive qualities.&nbsp; For the sake of this post we will call them (Grading +, and opposed to Grading - [problems]) So on the - side it appears that PCGS is more particular on these issues.&nbsp; Now take NGC it appears to me that they are being more strict on the + grading side.&nbsp; What I mean by this is that PCGS seems to be strict on problems, while Lax on the positive aspects of U.S. Coinage.&nbsp; This would insinuate to me that PCGS is trying to capture the higher end of the market, while NGC is attempting to capture the lower end of the slabbed market.&nbsp; Why can they not come together and agree on standards?&nbsp; Have they done this already?&nbsp; Serious opinions please.&nbsp; I would like to hear thoughts from numismatists that have been collecting since 1986.&nbsp; I will try to post pictures of what I am talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Jason[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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