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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2579845, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <span style="color: #0000b3">Guess I was not clear with my English.&nbsp; Sorry.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Perhaps what I should have written is this:&nbsp; It does not matter which grading service, which holder, or what the label says.&nbsp; In my experience of looking at thousands of slabs a year, a very large number of high grade slabbed (especially 70&#039;s) modern coins are not.&nbsp; They are over graded.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">What you say is true.&nbsp; A 69 in a 70 holder is still a 69!&nbsp; Unfortunately it will sell as a 70 in a PCGS or NGC slab.&nbsp; An ICG or ANACS 69 in a 70 slab will not.&nbsp; Agree?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As I wrote before, the standards of the top four TPGS&#039;s are very close.&nbsp; Sticking a &quot;qualifier&quot; (FBL) in the equation is just confusing the issue. <span style="color: #0000b3"> Everybody on CT should know that PCGS has loose standards for bell lines.</span>&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">That&#039;s my point.&nbsp; In a million coins there will be more over graded examples than in 100K.&nbsp; I think in this case, the percentage of errors is small for ALL four services.&nbsp; Therefore, the volume of coins going through is the major factor to consider.</span>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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