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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2300964, member: 29751"]Add a <b>dash of inconsistency</b>, and a <b>pinch of grade-flation for toning</b> -- and voila! You have just made a couple thousand dollars. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have said for years, NGC grades more consistently than PCGS, even if PCGS gives <b>on average</b> <i><u>maybe</u></i> a half point or full point lower numerical grades. The point is that I personally would rather have a coin in a consistently graded holder, than a coin in a holder that may be the high-end outlier among the inconsistent population of PCGS graded coins. At least when a coin is graded consistently, I know where I am...</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a graphic representation of my thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Research/PCGS_NGC_Grading_consistency_zpscrthzu5a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinions and observations over the years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2300964, member: 29751"]Add a [B]dash of inconsistency[/B], and a [B]pinch of grade-flation for toning[/B] -- and voila! You have just made a couple thousand dollars. I have said for years, NGC grades more consistently than PCGS, even if PCGS gives [B]on average[/B] [I][U]maybe[/U][/I] a half point or full point lower numerical grades. The point is that I personally would rather have a coin in a consistently graded holder, than a coin in a holder that may be the high-end outlier among the inconsistent population of PCGS graded coins. At least when a coin is graded consistently, I know where I am... Below is a graphic representation of my thoughts. [IMG]http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Research/PCGS_NGC_Grading_consistency_zpscrthzu5a.jpg[/IMG] Just my opinions and observations over the years.[/QUOTE]
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