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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SPP Ottawa, post: 2318347, member: 39508&quot;]I have collected NFLD one cent coins for quite some time. My opinion is blunt, based on experience with both grading companies.</p><ul> <li>Circulated coins VG to AU - ICCS applies strict technical grading, and are probably more accurate (with moderate precision).</li> <li>Eye appealing AU to Mint State coins - PCGS is stricter and uses the Sheldon scale much better. ICCS tends to have poor precision with grades and ICCS rarely grades a brown coin higher than MS-63, even if it is perfect. You will find lots of &quot;problem&quot; coins in ICCS holders, whereas PCGS is very strict with bronze coins and questionable toning/colour. ICCS will call your coin &quot;red&quot; while PCGS will call it &quot;red-brown&quot;.</li> </ul><p>My own NFLD registry set is graded with PCGS (the 1940 is a good example of ICCS being too harsh on brown coins):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=117576" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=117576" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=117576</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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