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Message:: [QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1269813, member: 31533"]OK, I am hearing from some of you that it really makes no difference if you use PCGS or NGC to grade a particular coin, because essentially they are the same (grading fairly with each other basically), that neither will probably undergrade a coin any more (be really conservative in grading) , and that there may be slight overgrading by a company. I am assuming that this latter portion may be to counteract the tendency for some people to want to crack a slab and send to the other to get a higher grade, it's less likely if all the top TPGs are less conservative but not too loose with their grading. So, for a concrete example, if I choose to send my 1999 WAM to any of the top three (PCGS, NGC, or ANACS) and get it back, all things being equal with them looking at the COIN, it should grade accurately. And that it's value at that grade is then equal across the boards, so that if I sell it as a NGC or ANACS slabbed coin, it should then fetch the same as if it was in a PCGS holder at the same grade. And anyone that tells me that they would like to pay less for it because NGC and ANACS tends to grade a coin at a slightly higher (overgrade) grade is just spouting nonsense, correct? (Meaning if NGC would grade at a MS-63, then someone seeing it would not be likely to say the PCGS would have graded it as a MS-62, and therefore it's only worth the MS-62 price). Or is PCGS slightly conservative? And their grade more "accurately graded" than the other top TPGs? Still trying to figure out the crux of the matter without getting into people's personal issues with any of these TPGs. I know you might think it's a matter beat to death, but I am new to this and need/desire info to go on or to be able to resolve my questions.[/QUOTE]

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