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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1720040, member: 31533&quot;]Let&#039;s throw this thought into the mix: For a coin that is the <i>exact same coin </i>as you suggested, sending to either PCGS or NGC is going to be graded about the same, but depending on the experience of the graders and their tolerance levels, which is pretty similar IMO. Either way you might get a spectacular grade (meaning it&#039;s highest grade possible for the coin) or it might be low-balled (meaning the grader wasn&#039;t for some reason, giving it&#039;s highest weight to it). And it could depend on the scarcity of the coin, so that the market grading (meaning it&#039;s likely money value per the TPG) is considered in there. </p><p><br /></p><p>So.... on a good day, you send that puppy off to NGC and it comes back MS-66 ....and you think wow! (because you never thought it would get above the MS65) ..... </p><p>But you send it off to PCGS (this is theoretical....since you can&#039;t send the same coin at the same time to both TPGs) and it comes back MS65 or even MS65+ .....</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you have a coin that carries a value based on a label - I&#039;d say in the NGC holder this <i>exact same coin </i>is more valuable to most, but for some, if they prefer or think that PCGS is tougher will value the PCGS coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>But if it was reversed, and PCGS came back with the 66 grade and NGC came back with the 65 Grade, who&#039;s being &#039;tougher&#039; on the coin, grading wise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, for a collection, it might be important to pick up one TPG from another, or go for one &#039;grade&#039; over another, but in the end, it is the coin you are buying, not the slab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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