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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 742138, member: 4552&quot;]As already noted sort of it&#039;s all mostly popularity. Note that on the PCGS web site there are close to 30,000 members. Not sure how many on NGC but I&#039;m sure not that many. Many of those are dealers and at shows they just love to show off and brag about PCGS. This snowballs into many, many other dealers stating all the time things like &quot;It&#039;s in a PCGS slab so it must be sold for a higher price&quot;. At coin shows too dealers will display a PCGS slab over an NGC slabbed coin of the same type and always brag about a coin in a PCGS slab. Even individuals on this and many other coin web sites brag about a coin in a PCGS slab. It&#039;s all just showmanship and advertising. </p><p>A great example of this is the 1955 Double Die Lincoln Cent. Although there are numerous other Double Dies in the series, usually the 55 is the one talked about and displayed by people. Even the coin Albums usually have a slot for that one. That doesn&#039;t mean much though since I&#039;ve got a Whitman Album with a slot of the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel and those are just not in change much lately.</p><p>OH, forgot. <b><i>WELCOME TO THE FORUM</i></b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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