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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2945086, member: 71642&quot;]That BTW must be a &#039;mechanical error&#039;...or someone had a migraine in the grading room.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I also graded as &#039;what I thought NGC would say&#039; which is why I went 63.&nbsp; I thought they would be harsh on the ticks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Going by how a few of my crossover experiments have gone I have been under the impression that NGC gives less of a bump for eye appeal and more credence to the hits.&nbsp; My crossover attempt numbers are not high and I realize it&#039;s not enough to generalize, but I&#039;ve had multiple high eye appeal PCGS coins drop a grade at NGC based on what I consider a more &#039;technical&#039; approach to the ticks/marks.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>OTH some have upgraded, one in particular I&#039;m sure PCGS downed to 58 due to adjustment marks/weaker strike on a late 1700s coin (not as eye appealing) but NGC put up to 62.&nbsp; Of course, most stay the same...but the overall balance is losing a grade going PCGS to NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my gut is PCGS takes eye appeal into more consideration and NGC is a bit more technical, at least on my darkside/world coins.&nbsp; NO IDEA on how they do on US material.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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