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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3213850, member: 76863"]Not exact numbers but to make the point you need to think of it relatively. Something like 25 cleaned coins in a PCGS slab would be a lower percentage of the series graded then 2 in an ANACS slab would be for a lot of classic series especially if you're talking about high/higher end coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not in my experience. They're just as inconsistent with that from the submissions I had sent them before I stopped using them entirely last year. I'd use any of the other three eBay ones over them any day. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you're going to spend big money (which I will define as $1500 or more) on a coin your first question should be why isn't this in a PCGS holder where it would be more liquid and sell for more or at the very least an NGC one. The ability to use CAC on big money coins is more than worth the cross over fee.</p><p><br /></p><p>Simple facts like that are why [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] and I find that saying to be so misinformed. It's really a cutesy kind of demeaning saying implying superiority. Everyone buys what they like and the coin is what drives the holder, but the holder absolutely matters especially at the high end as the professional opinion carries weight in the market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3213850, member: 76863"]Not exact numbers but to make the point you need to think of it relatively. Something like 25 cleaned coins in a PCGS slab would be a lower percentage of the series graded then 2 in an ANACS slab would be for a lot of classic series especially if you're talking about high/higher end coins. Not in my experience. They're just as inconsistent with that from the submissions I had sent them before I stopped using them entirely last year. I'd use any of the other three eBay ones over them any day. If you're going to spend big money (which I will define as $1500 or more) on a coin your first question should be why isn't this in a PCGS holder where it would be more liquid and sell for more or at the very least an NGC one. The ability to use CAC on big money coins is more than worth the cross over fee. Simple facts like that are why [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] and I find that saying to be so misinformed. It's really a cutesy kind of demeaning saying implying superiority. Everyone buys what they like and the coin is what drives the holder, but the holder absolutely matters especially at the high end as the professional opinion carries weight in the market.[/QUOTE]
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