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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 4510159, member: 5233"]No...not at all. We know that each company has their own grading standards. This is why companies like ANACS and ICG are considered lesser quality companies. They can hire the best graders in the world...but if their standards are looser than then their grades will be inflated.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS and NGC have their own standards for each series...and they are different from each other. So, what I want to know is this...which company has the stricter standards for each series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a simple example. FBL Franklin Half Dollars. If you have a Franklin Half graded MS65 FBL by PCGS it was graded by a different standard than those by NGC. We know that FBL means something different at NGC than it does PCGS. NGC has stricter standards for Franklin Halves. Those of us who focus on a certain series know which grading company is stricter than the other. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, my thought was we could compile a list by series of which company tends to grade tougher. As an example...I have no clue off hand if PCGS or NGC is stricter for Seated Liberty coinage. But, I'll bet one has a stricter standard than the other and I'll bet someone who focuses on Seated coinage knows that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 4510159, member: 5233"]No...not at all. We know that each company has their own grading standards. This is why companies like ANACS and ICG are considered lesser quality companies. They can hire the best graders in the world...but if their standards are looser than then their grades will be inflated. PCGS and NGC have their own standards for each series...and they are different from each other. So, what I want to know is this...which company has the stricter standards for each series. Here is a simple example. FBL Franklin Half Dollars. If you have a Franklin Half graded MS65 FBL by PCGS it was graded by a different standard than those by NGC. We know that FBL means something different at NGC than it does PCGS. NGC has stricter standards for Franklin Halves. Those of us who focus on a certain series know which grading company is stricter than the other. So, my thought was we could compile a list by series of which company tends to grade tougher. As an example...I have no clue off hand if PCGS or NGC is stricter for Seated Liberty coinage. But, I'll bet one has a stricter standard than the other and I'll bet someone who focuses on Seated coinage knows that.[/QUOTE]
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