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<p>[QUOTE="900fine, post: 248103, member: 6036"]That makes a lot of sense.</p><p> </p><p>Personally, I'm not as convinced there is a big $-wise difference between PCGS and NGC. In the case above (32-D MS65 25c), we're only looking at two data points.... but there are many thousands of slabs traded a year. We need a bigger sample size !</p><p> </p><p>So I went and checked the Heritage listings. And yes I found some <b>wild price swings - PCGS vs PCGS !</b> Check these two :</p><p> </p><p><b>$18,400</b> <a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=432&Lot_No=1000&src=pr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=432&Lot_No=1000&src=pr" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=432&Lot_No=1000&src=pr</a></p><p> </p><p><b>$13,800</b> <a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=422&Lot_No=945&src=pr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=422&Lot_No=945&src=pr" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=422&Lot_No=945&src=pr</a></p><p> </p><p>Forgetting price, looking only at the coins... which do you prefer ? For me, the first one. It's blast white, while the other has a mottled tone.</p><p> </p><p>Apparently, the marketplace agrees. Coin #1 is worth $4,600 more - about 33% - even though both are PCGS MS65.</p><p> </p><p>Which just validates the "Buy the coin, not the holder" thing. And the "not fungible goods" thing.</p><p> </p><p>So I would be careful drawing conclusions from just two data points NGC vs. PCGS. Overall, I think PCGS has a <b>slight</b> lead, but it's small. If it were huge, there would be a huge flock moving towards PCGS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="900fine, post: 248103, member: 6036"]That makes a lot of sense. Personally, I'm not as convinced there is a big $-wise difference between PCGS and NGC. In the case above (32-D MS65 25c), we're only looking at two data points.... but there are many thousands of slabs traded a year. We need a bigger sample size ! So I went and checked the Heritage listings. And yes I found some [B]wild price swings - PCGS vs PCGS ![/B] Check these two : [B]$18,400[/B] [URL="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=432&Lot_No=1000&src=pr"]http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=432&Lot_No=1000&src=pr[/URL] [B]$13,800[/B] [URL="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=422&Lot_No=945&src=pr"]http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=422&Lot_No=945&src=pr[/URL] Forgetting price, looking only at the coins... which do you prefer ? For me, the first one. It's blast white, while the other has a mottled tone. Apparently, the marketplace agrees. Coin #1 is worth $4,600 more - about 33% - even though both are PCGS MS65. Which just validates the "Buy the coin, not the holder" thing. And the "not fungible goods" thing. So I would be careful drawing conclusions from just two data points NGC vs. PCGS. Overall, I think PCGS has a [B]slight[/B] lead, but it's small. If it were huge, there would be a huge flock moving towards PCGS.[/QUOTE]
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