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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2873695, member: 24314&quot;]GDJMSP, posted: &quot;I wouldn&#039;t give any of them my money for their opinion on a grade. It has gotten to the point that all 4 are just as bad at grossly over-grading as any of the others. And in any case, the only time that plastic it is in matters - is to plastic buyers. People who buy the coin, and not the slab - don&#039;t care what kind of plastic it is in.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">I&#039;ll have to mostly agree with Grandpa <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <b>EXCEPT </b>for one thing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Grandpa, me, and many older collectors are &quot;stuck-in-the-past.&quot;&nbsp; We have seen the older, strict, grading standards deteriorate so much that former AU&#039;s are now traded as Uncirculated by folks as knowledgeable as us who should know better.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the world changes.&nbsp; For example, my father stopped going to movies when the cost for an evening movie went over $4 because he remembered 5c movies.</span></p><p><span style="color: #660066"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">Here is the thing:&nbsp; If you know what you are doing, the plastic does not matter.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t, you better <b>ONLY</b> buy coins already slabbed by the four major services.&nbsp; Additionally, all coins within a grade are not equal so you still better know what you are doing.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066"><br /></span></p><p>Now, if you have some coins that need authenticating - any of the 4 will do just as well as the others. And that is the only time that I would recommend that anyone even bother to use them - ANY OF THEM!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">They are all good for that.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #660066"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">PS&nbsp; I know both collectors and dealers who send coins to ANACS or ICG for their <i><b>cheap and fast</b></i> personalized service.&nbsp; It&#039;s like a pre-screen.&nbsp; Then, they crack the better stuff out and it crosses at PCGS.&nbsp; At a show this weekend, a dealer told me that out of 100 ICG coins, 85 crossed at PCGS.&nbsp; He did not do as well with forty high-grade red Lincoln cents as PCGS was tougher.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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