Is there premium in a name?

What's a Yugo??

 

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I like the phrase buy the coin not the holder

 

I have a preference to the NGC holder, their customer service and the ability to criticize them when necessary on their own message boards without being threatened with banishment.

That being said, I recognize the premium PCGS gets in the marketplace today. I don't necessarily understand it, especially when all the seasoned collectors CONSTANTLY preach "buy the coin, not the holder". I understand some of the premium is due to their dealer network, registry sets and perception.

I've seen overgraded coins in both holders and great looking coins in both holders.

Anyway, I typically stick to NGC and PCGS graded coins. I own some white holder ANACS coins and plan to cross them at some point.

 

I think the registry sets have a big factor in the PCGS premium. I think it sort of lends itself to choosing the holder over the coin.

 

no premium, unless it is a 200% premium for my name.



[j/k of course. Sheesh, I hate that I have to explain sarcasm.]

 

So which one of the above auto makers is supposed to be better?!

 

This just hurts my heart. I am EXTREMELY partial to these white slabs from the old(er) ANACS.

Once cracked you will never get that slab back so hold off as long as you can. You can always throw it in a PCGS or NGC holder.

PLUS

What if ANACS did pull back up near the top? Lots of those small white slabs have been cracked, and fewer remain everyday. So the ones left would be a relic of ANACS past and collectible in their own right.

ANOTHER PLUS

ANACS was the first TPG pushed by the ANA, so if they can reclaim market ground, those slabs might hold a little value. It's a long shot, but just as ANACS slipped from the top, so too could PCGS and NGC. All it will take is for another revolution like slabbing and grading and one of them not to keep up for other companies to surpass them.

ANACS is the oldest and they are still around, don't count them out yet.

Oh, and the coins look pretty good in those holders too, and less storage space if you pack them right.

Can you tell I'm a fan?

 

Pcgs and NGC are like Ford and Chevy. Anacs is like a lower end car but not that bad or terrible. ICG is like a cheaper random used car.

I prefer PCGS, though some people like NGC. The lead Tpgs carry a premium for sure.

 

Since there are three sides to a coin, the one who comes up with a better way to see the third side, will offer a clear cut feature to improve their TPG rating. Perhaps another feature they can develop, is lighting the slab in a way to make the coin easier to photograph. Perhaps putting the slab into a special stand which will infuse lighting into it and cause the coin to be illuminated. These two things could make me buy their slabs over others but the grades would have to be equal.

 

Lately, I tend to trust PCGS less and less. Today, I saw a flawed US Marshals 225th Anniversary Commemorative Proof with a PCGS grade PF70DCAM. The surface flaw was obvious to even my untrained eye and it still received a PF70DCAM. The flaw is not unique to that particular graded coin, I've seen it on 4 of the raw uncirculated version. Of 5 of the ungraded proofs S$1 I've seen, same surface flaw was on 3 of the 5. It must have been poor quality control at the US Mint. At a coin show, to have a same day turnaround on grading on hundreds or thousands of submissions, it isn't hard for me to imagine that PCGS is cutting some corners on grading when compared to their "Regular" mail-in submissions that takes 15 days.