Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bahabully, post: 1223674, member: 17555&quot;]Buy the coin.</p><p>That said, buying on the internet doesn&#039;t always afford detailed views of the coin.&nbsp; &quot;In general&quot;, you&#039;ll be better off buying those hard to grade by picture NGC and PCGS coins over other tpg graded coins.&nbsp; However I do have my fair share of ANACS coins, especially those in the older holders... also have a lot of SEGS &amp; PCI&#039;s that had good pictures, where purchased at discount, and would likely upgrade in NGC or PCGS, but these are common date coins.&nbsp; Much much much harder to find key date coins in these 2nd tier holders that would upgrade in a 1st tier tpg.&nbsp; I have couple that have a good shot at passing over in the same grade, but even that is a close call.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately it&#039;s about consistency.&nbsp; I find NGC to be very consistent in grading roughly +1 to my personnal grading, and I can base my offerings based on that pretty confidently... and like them for that consistency.&nbsp; PCGS tends to be more conservative and inconsistent vs. my personnal grading, maybe +.3 to +.5 overall,, so they are harder for me to price without seeing the coin in hand.&nbsp; I really like old holder ANACS coins and find them to be in line with PCGS grades.. newer holder ANACS, dunno.&nbsp; The SEGS and PCI, etc.., are generally more variable, which is both good and bad.&nbsp; Good for scoring a deal at discount (generally for common dates), and bad for generally pushing key dates to +1.5 or more vs. my grading, and sometimes grading a problem coin that would get bagged at a 1st tier....&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I like slabbed coins more than raw.&nbsp; My raw coppers do present more environmental exposure than my slabbed coppers...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in