So, coin submitted for crossover does not cross. What next?

People like PCGS much better for US coins, though for some specific series or designations for US, NGC is better. As an example, full step Jefferson nickels are more respected in NGC holders.

For world coins, NGC is unquestionably better across the board. PCGS world coins service is on the same tier as ANACS or SEGS. Better than a raw coin, but you can't put much stock in the grade being correct. World collectors across the board value NGC, and crossing NGC world coins to PCGS is like crossing PCGS US coins to NGC; extremely questionable.

 

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I call them as I see them. If you don't like the call, you can ignore it.

 

I have no opinion on the grade, yours or the grading services, other than it may be inaccurate if based on photos. I'm a terrible grader.

Cal

 

I’m interested primarily French and British coins with a slight interest in recent Central Asian coins. The rest of world coins are a black hole for me.

For the areas of interest, I don’t see a lot of difference between NGC and PCGS. For example, go to cgbfr.com (probably the biggest French dealer), and pick a period (say Second Empire) and denomination (say 5-franc gold). Then look under “slabs”. You’ll probably see far more PCGS coins than NGC. Although I haven’t made a statistical study, subjectively, prices are comparable.

PCGS marketing isn’t stupid. They realize the biggest growth areas are recent mint issues and world coins. Most older U.S. coins worth slabbing have been slabbed. Go to www.pcgs.com/shared-orders/, and you’ll see most of the coins being graded are world coins.

Cal

 

Sure, but NGC realized that about 20 years before PCGS did.

I go to many major shows and when I see dealers with world coins in PCGS (still in the vast minority) I always ask why, and the answer I get is almost always the same. They are US dealers who are long time PCGS members that are branching into the growth area of world coins, but submit them to PCGS because that's where they're already doing their US submissions. Dedicated world dealers may have the occasional coin in a PCGS holder that they bought that way, but they all submit to NGC.

Maybe PCGS will catch up to NGC eventually in terms of world grading quality, registry, and in house knowledge, but it's not going to be any time soon. Ask on here how many world collectors cross world NGC coins to PCGS and see for yourself.