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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 68028, member: 2761&quot;]I like to list TPG&#039;s relative to the market&#039;s response.&nbsp; Good, bad or otherwise, when the market speaks, premiums are paid for the services most respected in the numismatic community.&nbsp; Hence, I rank PCGS first followed by NGC...then ANACS is a distant 3rd followed by ICG.&nbsp; The rest of them I wouldn&#039;t touch unless I could see and hold the coin first hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC is the Official Coin Grading Service of the PNG, so any surverys you see on behalf of the PNG are scewed (in my opinion) as there is a business relationship between PNG and NGC.&nbsp; How can you be <u>independent</u> when there is money and services rendered on behalf of NGC to the PNG?&nbsp; I can see it now.&nbsp; The PNG thanks NGC for their check before the surveys are tallied on grading services.&nbsp; Interesting don&#039;t you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>How about this survey that comes out weekly:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.greysheet.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.greysheet.com/" rel="nofollow">Grey Sheet Weekly LINK</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>But many would comment those numbers mean &quot;zero&quot;.&nbsp; So what do we have left?&nbsp;&nbsp; Past performance and market prices...the true market indicator!&nbsp; After all, real money spent is REAL money.&nbsp; 1 + 1 = 2...there is no other answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I guess surverys are just that...surveys.&nbsp; Realized prices are in fact...REAL.&nbsp; Look at them, study them and then draw your own conclusions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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