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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1929349, member: 4626&quot;]PCGS is <i>perceived</i> to be better, and that&#039;s enough for people to pay more, as long as that perception holds.&nbsp; You can debate whether PCGS deserves the reputation they have or not, but you can&#039;t deny they have it, at least for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I avoid buying PCGS graded coins precisely because sellers up the price on them just because of the slab.&nbsp; I don&#039;t consider the plastic around a coin to be worth anything at all and won&#039;t pay extra for it.&nbsp; NGC, ANACS, ICG, and heck even raw, can save you big money if you can judge for yourself what the coin is worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last coin show I went to, a lot of dealers were telling me yellow-slab era ANACS were improving in reputation, and they were able to sell quite a few because being in such a slab doesn&#039;t up the perceived value (buyers love what they perceive to be a bargain).&nbsp; ANACS&#039; reputation seems to be recovering slowly but surely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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