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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 42274, member: 824&quot;]Welcome to the forum...</p><p><br /></p><p>I am right with you on this discussion.&nbsp; If I can buy a coin (see it, hold it) in one of the lower tiered grading services for pennies on the dollar compared to PCGS, I&#039;ll buy it.&nbsp; Even it I break it out and I send it into PCGS and they come back and grade it 2-3 points less, many times I still am ahead if I <u>had</u> to sell it after submission costs and all.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS gets more for their slabbed coins than NGC who gets more than ANACS who gets more than ICG.&nbsp; It is just the way of the world.&nbsp; Look at Heritage completed auctions for prices realized and the market has spoken...and speaking:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.heritagecoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.heritagecoins.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.heritagecoins.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As stated, I look for the other services for deals compared to the high prices PCGS gets.&nbsp; If I am selling, I have sold, for example, a PCGS MS66RD 1935-S Lincoln Cent for almost double what the same coin, in the same grade, graded by NGC.&nbsp; Is the coin any better?&nbsp; Probably not, but the market perception is!</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the market may change and NGC will command premium prices...who knows?&nbsp; But that will be a prayer and I can&#039;t wait for a prayer to happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I like ICG because their slab with Intercept Shield protection keeps my old Lincoln Reds...well, <b><span style="color: Red">RED</span></b>! (all things being equal).&nbsp; Their grading for circulated coins and those coins less than MS67 is very conservative (in my opinion)...BUT...I also know that their coins don&#039;t get prices realized compared to the others.&nbsp; Still, for protection, storage, display and grading...they do me service.</p><p><br /></p><p>They also seem to do all the right things and even <i>Grey Sheets </i> always list them at the top WITH the likes of PCGS and NGC.&nbsp;&nbsp; Look for yourself... </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.greysheet.com/cdn/cdnccmi.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.greysheet.com/cdn/cdnccmi.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.greysheet.com/cdn/cdnccmi.asp</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have no plans to sell my coins anytime soon so maybe, just maybe...their prices realized in the future may coincide with PCGS and NGC.&nbsp; If that day happens, I will be VERY happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>But isn&#039;t that a prayer?&nbsp; Oh well...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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