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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 67159, member: 112"]You can't just use 1 example to prove a point - you need to look at all the facts. I will agree that NGC has more PF70 UCAM grades than PCGS does. But there's more to it than that. What about the MS grades ? What about the PF69 grades ? It's just as easy to be liberal with the 69 grades as it is to be liberal with the 70 grades. I think if you will refer to an article in Coin Wolrd dated 4/4/2005 by Mark Ferguson, titled Higher populations soften modern values - you'll see what I mean. Here's a few examples - In 2005 alone, and this was just up until April - Lincoln cents - NGC PF69 UCAM - 20,501 Lincoln cents - PCGS PF69 DCAM - 45,242 Lincoln cents - NGC MS69 - 45 Lincoln cents - PCGS MS69 - 716 Washington quarters - NGC PF69 UCAM - 68,647 -- Washington quarters - PCGS PF69 DCAM 238,422 Washington quarters - NGC MS69 - 0 Washington quarters - PCGS MS69 - 309 Jefferson nickel - NGC PF69 UCAM - 26,213 Jefferson nickel - PCGS PF69 DCAM - 67,070 Jefferson nickel - NGC MS69 - 0 - - MS70 - 0 Jefferson nickel - PCGS MS69 - 1,077 - - MS70 - 79 These numbers are representative across the board for the various coin series. And they occur while NGC is grading more coins than PCGS does. It tells a bit of a different story.[/QUOTE]