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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 1561394, member: 4336&quot;]Regarding the &quot;Top Big 3&quot;which 2 years ago, maybe 3, (I am oblivious to coin news now. My NN subscription ran out years ago, along with putting my interest in coins in the gutter and becoming much more focused on magic/sleight of hand/illusions . ) years ago, which TPGS still commands the most premium ? For example, I had a former PCGS MS63 St. Gaudens double eagle, 1908 no motto, one of the most common issues . I remember some huskler at a coin show I always went to monthly offer me over $200 it&#039;s value grey sheet (above grey sheet , for its slab company and grade) he just said he really liked the coin. Well, I think I know now why. I&#039;m pretty decent at gold counterfeit detection, but when it comes to grading I completely suck. This guy was a good grader and a dealer, he knew probably it was undergraded. This was before CAC and all. I cracked it out by hitting it with a hammer(I was STUPID. DO NOT DO THIS!! ) miraculously not damaging the coin and sent it off to NGC. It came no problems, graded MS 64. Every coin dealer I&#039;ve taken it too, (even the dealer I bought it from, heh) including a current NGC grader Brian Silliman, who taught the coin seniniar at the huge coin show expo in downtown Phoenix in 2008, all agreed it was a solid 64 grade and offered me NGC 64 money for it.... So that&#039;s why the guy offered that.... Heh. I still got it, I&#039;ll post a picture . Anyway, the top grading services used to be: 1) PCGS 2) NGC 3) ANACS 4) ICG.... Still the same? Last I heard when ANACS switched companies and graders they were going downhill fast...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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