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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2455029, member: 24314&quot;]Do you know what strikes me about this thread? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie27" alt=":bored:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The OP has some serious and interesting questions.&nbsp; I think they could have all been answered with a one simple phone call! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know first hand from the horse&#039;s mouth that everything in this thread (pro and con about each TPGS) has been/is regularly covered in a grading seminar given by one ICG grader.&nbsp; PCGS and NGC are tops, ICG and ANACS are seconds.&nbsp; For coins of the same grade, PCGS slabs bring more than NGC and more than ICG NO MATTER WHAT THE ACTUAL COIN LOOKS LIKE 97% of the time!&nbsp; </p><p>We can find over-graded, under-graded, and correctly graded coins in every TPGS holder. ICG was designating &quot;detail&quot; grades and slabbing all coins while NGC and PCGS were still using &quot;body bags.&quot; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>READ POST #19.&nbsp; Rim&#039;s knows how the game is played.&nbsp; As I posted somewhere today, it takes a fool to pay $$$ for grade rarity Lincoln cents in the 50&#039;s with no guarantee.&nbsp; The coins are all over the place - mostly raw waiting to be sent for grading to fleece another sucker.&nbsp; Same goes for common stamps from the 30&#039;s to 50&#039;s.&nbsp; Hundreds of common stamps (that you can buy in sheets for below face value) sells for $$ to $$$ when it is graded...and the <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>perfectionists keep it rolling. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the end though, I&#039;m thankful that these folks are around and enjoy the hobby as much as I do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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