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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 66825, member: 2761&quot;]Agree to a point.&nbsp; The question is where to submit to?&nbsp; If you take your &quot;prices realized&quot; less the slabbing cost of whatever service, if you net <u>more</u> for a PCGS coin over other services, that is good for the submitter and owner of the given coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, the PCGS graded coins obtain more (even after the submission fees) for their coins than the other services, so if I were to submit a coin for authentication, grading and liquidity, I just can&#039;t ignore the maket prices obtained by a PCGS slabbed coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if I were to buy the coin, I look at the coin itself and try to find the best deal.&nbsp; As stated, I have bought some PCI, SEGS graded coins, kept them for awhile, broke them out and submitted them off to PCGS.&nbsp; Even a coin graded MS66 by PCI came back MS64 from PCGS was worh more than what I paid for it after submission costs and all.&nbsp; Sometimes PCI or SEGS coins are right in line with PCGS and if they &quot;cross&quot;, I am a happy camper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I break out the coin as most PCI and SEGS coins don&#039;t even cross at a designated minumum grade when they are in their holders.&nbsp; My experience is&nbsp; if I submit them raw, I have better success of obtaining the proper grade that when they are in their holder.&nbsp; Call it PCGS being prejudiced against other TPG&#039;s, but that has been my experience...and a costly one too!</p><p><br /></p><p>You are right, it is attention away from the coin.&nbsp; I wish that all grading services grade coins like the government grades gasoline.&nbsp; But the fact of the matter is that the market has spoken and I can&#039;t fight it.&nbsp; I like ICG slabs for my coins better than PCGS, but when it comes time to sell (as WE are all short term owners of our coins and Earthly possessions), I know that my coins will fare much better than NGC which will fare better than ANACS which will fare better than ICG which will fare better than...(you get the point)...</p><p><br /></p><p>...all things being equal...which is hard to do in coins based on market forces, timing, released hoards, and the holy grail...GRADING![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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