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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oval_man, post: 1193083, member: 22602&quot;]I tend to support this idea (PCGS being stingier on some issues = lower pops). However, it&#039;s not always the case. Here&#039;s a current listing on Heritage for a nice MS66 1872 Shield nickel:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1156&amp;lotNo=3201&amp;lotIdNo=48001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1156&amp;lotNo=3201&amp;lotIdNo=48001" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1156&amp;lotNo=3201&amp;lotIdNo=48001</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the five listed previous prices, coins in a PCGS holder fetched roughly 2.5x what the NGC ones did—and in this case the NGC pop is actually lower than PCGS&#039;s! (Although, importantly, NGC has two coins graded higher; PCGS doesn&#039;t). The current (PCGS) coin is well on its way to the same level. Some buyers simply think PCGS is more rigorous on some issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a gorgeous Shield, by the way, but I&#039;ve seen mediocre PCGS Shields fetch way more than better-quality NGC ones; cases of people buying the holder, not the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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