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Message:: [QUOTE="illini420, post: 667336, member: 19423"]Good point Mark, I haven't done so with gold as was brought up here, but with a Barber Half I had that was cracked from a PCGS MS62 I sent it to NGC and they said MS61... later PCGS called it an MS62 again.  So in that one case, NGC graded it tougher.  And yes, the price difference in that one grade for this coin was worth the resubmissions. I also had one classic commem that PCGS originally graded MS64 but NGC called it MS62.  Not a huge price difference on that one so I sold it as an NGC MS62. But even submitting to the same service there can be variation in grades, that's likely why each offers regrade services. So while it's true that my very limited experience doesn't paint a clear picture of the overall grading standards of each company, it has definitely caused me to take a much closer look at the coin than just the grade on the holder, especially for AU58 gold (for both NGC and PCGS coins).  Which is probably something I should have been doing from the start!!!![/QUOTE]