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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 67272, member: 112&quot;]Midas - </p><p><br /></p><p>NGC didn&#039;t even slab modern US coins until 2001 or 2002 ( I forget for sure which year they started ). PCGS started slabbing them in 1989. So it stands to reason that PCGS has slabbed more in total - for all modern US coins. So it is useless to try and compare totals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I could be mistaken, but seeing as how NGC slabs 150,000 coins a month, and PCGS slabs 100,000 coins a month - I think the numbers I used were just for this year alone. Also - those numbers are not for just 2005 coins - they are for coins of all dates in the series, except for the nickels and they are post war only - after 1945. </p><p><br /></p><p>The author of the article knew all of this which why he tracked the total pop reports by year. This allowed him to do the basic math and determine how many coins were graded in what grade per a given year. You and I both know that the pop reports are not listed by how many were slabbed in each year. So that was the only way he could obtain the information.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I never have disputed that PCGS slabbed coins typically realize higher prices on sale than NGC slabbed coins do. Although the amount of difference between the two has dropped significantly from what it was a few years ago and it shows no signs of stopping. I believe that this due to collectors becoming better educated in regard to how the two companies grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>The point I was trying to make with my post is that you cannot say one company is more liberal than another when it comes to grading based simply on one grade - that being 70.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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