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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mainer, post: 42268, member: 2543&quot;]<b>coin grading companies</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hello, and thank you for such a quick response. I do appreciate it. The three main series that I collected, and wish to continue to collect, are Washington Quarters, Franklin Halves and Jefferson Nickels. I did a quick tally on e-bay this morning and here are the results:</p><p><br /></p><p>Washington Quarters:</p><p><br /></p><p>Listed - 2968 Coins</p><p>PCGS - 338</p><p>ANACS - 37</p><p>NGC - 305</p><p>ICG - 29</p><p><br /></p><p>Franklin Halves </p><p><br /></p><p>Listed - 3068 Coins</p><p>PCGS - 406</p><p>ANACS - 64</p><p>NGC - 221</p><p>ICG - 9</p><p><br /></p><p>Jefferson Nickels</p><p><br /></p><p>Listed - 4701</p><p>PCGS - 466</p><p>ANACS - 58</p><p>NGC - 129</p><p>ICG - 20</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this just a mindset on e-bay or is this feeling everywhere? I know you said that PCGS may not always be the dominant grading service in the marketplace but it does seem, by looking at those numbers, that they may well command more attention and better prices than the other grading services. By looking at the various grading web sites I would very much like to send my coins to have them graded by ANACS but I am wondering if I am doing myself wrong in the long term by trying to save some money in the short term? From articles that I have read ANACS is in fact very well respected but it does not appear that there are alot of their coins around. I have also checked out a few auctions on Teletrade and it does appear that there is somewhat better respect for ANACS although if you look at the prices realized from their auctions that, even there, PCGS gets the better price. I probably have 150 coins that I wish to have graded and when I do the math the cost of doing business with PCGS is very high compared to ANACS. If you do not mind me being so direct, what is you gut opinion and, if you had those many coins to have graded and may wish to consider selling them one day, which grading service would you use for this purpose? Again, that you for you time and opinions![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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