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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 1486749, member: 5233"]What it means is that NGC is more strict when it comes to determining if a coin is FB or not. So, any coin that NGC says is FB should also be if it were slabbed by PCGS...however, a PCGS slabbed FB coin may not meet NGC FB standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then again, in theory...if the middle bands are full all the bands should be because they are the highest point where strike weakness would first be evident. Since FB is an indication of strike quality...then a full set of middle bands should be enough. This doesn't take into account any possible dings that may have occurred.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 1486749, member: 5233"]What it means is that NGC is more strict when it comes to determining if a coin is FB or not. So, any coin that NGC says is FB should also be if it were slabbed by PCGS...however, a PCGS slabbed FB coin may not meet NGC FB standards. But then again, in theory...if the middle bands are full all the bands should be because they are the highest point where strike weakness would first be evident. Since FB is an indication of strike quality...then a full set of middle bands should be enough. This doesn't take into account any possible dings that may have occurred.[/QUOTE]
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