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<p>[QUOTE="Midas, post: 108701, member: 2761"]Gray Sheets ALWAYS has PCGS, ICG and NGC on the top with all three exceeding 80% (whatever that means). Matter of fact, you will find ICG was at the top MANY times over, beating PCGS and NGC. I can't figure out what these percentages actually mean for ANACS's percentages always seem to hover in the mid 50's.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always felt that ICG does a <u>great</u> job grading coins at MS68 levels and <i>below</i>...that is for circulated coins. I think they are too "loose" on modern proofs as a number of their proof coins that realize 69 and 70 grades seem to be a higher occurance than NGC and PCGS. </p><p><br /></p><p>They graded the famous 1974 Aluminum cent as a AU58. PCGS broke it out and gave the coin a MS62. When the press questioned ICG, they repeated that they stood by their grade. So who is right and who is wrong??</p><p><br /></p><p>Hence, that is the reason why I only buy coins "sight unseen" from these four grading companies, the rest are not worth my time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Midas, post: 108701, member: 2761"]Gray Sheets ALWAYS has PCGS, ICG and NGC on the top with all three exceeding 80% (whatever that means). Matter of fact, you will find ICG was at the top MANY times over, beating PCGS and NGC. I can't figure out what these percentages actually mean for ANACS's percentages always seem to hover in the mid 50's. I always felt that ICG does a [U]great[/U] job grading coins at MS68 levels and [I]below[/I]...that is for circulated coins. I think they are too "loose" on modern proofs as a number of their proof coins that realize 69 and 70 grades seem to be a higher occurance than NGC and PCGS. They graded the famous 1974 Aluminum cent as a AU58. PCGS broke it out and gave the coin a MS62. When the press questioned ICG, they repeated that they stood by their grade. So who is right and who is wrong?? Hence, that is the reason why I only buy coins "sight unseen" from these four grading companies, the rest are not worth my time.[/QUOTE]
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