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<p>[QUOTE="The_Cave_Troll, post: 153019, member: 1674"]I would wait if I were you (unless you need to sell quickly). The chatter on the PCGS and NGC boards is that grading right now at both firms is particularly strict, meaning that coins have the potential to be undergraded slightly right now. Understand that this is complete hearsay, but that is the opinion at the moment. If you can wait 6 months to a year then you may be happier with the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, you can expect this thread to devolve into a comparison of grading habits between the big two and their consistancy, as well as the comparitive pop reports of the highest graded coins. Some will agree with Midas, some will say that OCGS is too inconsistant and that you might have to submit multiple times to get the right grade, others will say the PCGS "doctors" it's pop reports by making sure to undergrade the best coins to maintain the ratios that they want of the highest grades of particular coins. On and on and on...if you want to read these discussions then search the forum, there are numerous long discussions on the subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now to answer your original question, I am a member of NGC because membership is free for ANA members, which I am. So if you are an ANA member then you can sign up for free by filling out <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/pdf/ana_application.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/pdf/ana_application.pdf" rel="nofollow">this form</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The_Cave_Troll, post: 153019, member: 1674"]I would wait if I were you (unless you need to sell quickly). The chatter on the PCGS and NGC boards is that grading right now at both firms is particularly strict, meaning that coins have the potential to be undergraded slightly right now. Understand that this is complete hearsay, but that is the opinion at the moment. If you can wait 6 months to a year then you may be happier with the results. As an aside, you can expect this thread to devolve into a comparison of grading habits between the big two and their consistancy, as well as the comparitive pop reports of the highest graded coins. Some will agree with Midas, some will say that OCGS is too inconsistant and that you might have to submit multiple times to get the right grade, others will say the PCGS "doctors" it's pop reports by making sure to undergrade the best coins to maintain the ratios that they want of the highest grades of particular coins. On and on and on...if you want to read these discussions then search the forum, there are numerous long discussions on the subject. Now to answer your original question, I am a member of NGC because membership is free for ANA members, which I am. So if you are an ANA member then you can sign up for free by filling out [url=http://www.ngccoin.com/pdf/ana_application.pdf]this form[/url].[/QUOTE]
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