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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2624013, member: 19250&quot;]If you asked the dealers at a show what slabbed&nbsp; coin they would prefer&nbsp; to&nbsp; buy 9 out of 10 would say PCGS. However.. most of the collectors&nbsp; I know could careless , as again they buy the coin not the plastic. </p><p>Those of us&nbsp; old timers will tell you - that if you can&#039;t&nbsp; trust your own eye, or if you haven&#039;t&nbsp; done your homework&nbsp; maybe you shouldn&#039;t&nbsp; make the purchase .</p><p>Again hype is not your friend....&nbsp; education&nbsp; and research&nbsp; is.</p><p>Another point that hasn&#039;t&nbsp; been examined is the so called experts&nbsp; who work for a TPG. I can only imagine&nbsp; that in this business&nbsp; like most businesses&nbsp; people tend to move on.</p><p>That said who has the best &quot;Experts in the business ?&quot;&nbsp; I would guess that would depend on what company&nbsp; pays well and treats their staff the best.</p><p>Another factor is what is the work load? Does the company have a quota? On how many specimens&nbsp; a grader has to grade in a days work?&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;Quantity and quality&nbsp; are&nbsp; at different&nbsp; ends of the spectrum . </p><p>And then there&#039;s&nbsp; the&nbsp; human factor We all have seen that no matter what plastic a coin is in... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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