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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 103983, member: 112"]Let me start off by saying that I readily agree that one service is tougher on some coins than the other. In some cases it's NGC that is tougher, in some it's PCGS. But that statement covers the entire grading range as a whole. I also agree that with both companies there is point or grade where this changes and the two companies switch places with the tougher becoming the looser and vice versa, but that varies from coin type to coin type. But there is something else that should be considered when trying to make statistical analyses like this. The comparisons are somewhat skewed because of modern coins. Typically the higher grades like 66 and up are largely found on modern coins. In other words, the largest percentage of coins with grades 66 and above will be the moderns - dated '65 and later. And since NGC has only graded coins dated '65 and later for about 5 years or so while PCGS has graded them since the beginning - 1986, it's not really a good comparison. So in order to have an honest comparison coins dated '65 and later should be removed from the comparison in my opinion.[/QUOTE]