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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bo Baker, post: 2357610, member: 77459&quot;]So I was comparing the census &amp; population reports on PCGS &amp; NGC&#039;s website. I was looking at the number of ASEs graded each year... couple things stuck out to me</p><p><br /></p><p>1) the amount of coins graded spiked in the recession, much more so than sales of ASEs from the mint (in 09&#039; there were 475K ASEs graded, in 2010 there were 915K ~almost double, sales from mint were up ~10%).</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is if anyone has a good explanation as to why one year might have much different % of fresh mint ASEs graded as compared to other years? (I&#039;m guessing anniversary coins are going to be typically higher.)</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Previous to 2010, NGC was doing ~200K ASEs a year - more than PCGS but not by much. Then in 2010 NGC essentially dominated the market ~775k ASEs graded vs 135k PCGS, and ever since has done more coins than PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question here is what the heck happened in 2010? Did NGC institute some newly designed pricing that made grading ASEs that much more attractive, especially compared to PCGS?</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, looks like (using ASEs as a proxy) PCGS has slowly but surely taking back share from NGC in modern coins. Am I off basis on that thinking?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for long winded questions, but I love digging into historical data.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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