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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 42310, member: 112&quot;]I thought I was pretty clear - yes, coins in PCGS slabs sell for more as a general rule. But don&#039;t confuse that issue with how many coins are listed on ebay in various slabs - for that does not tell you anything really. For example - if you were to check how many world coins are available on ebay in NGC slabs vs PCGS - NGC will outnumber PCGS by 4 to 1, consistently. </p><p><br /></p><p>And there is another even bigger issue at hand here that very few collectors even recognize. That is that many advanced collectors don&#039;t and won&#039;t even consider using ebay as a source to purchase their coins. The same thing goes for Heritage and TeleTrade - or any on-line auction. They simply insist on buying their coins in person. And for collectors like them, the slab is meaningless and has no bearing on whether they buy the coin or not. </p><p><br /></p><p>So ya see - it depends on how &amp; where you sell your coins as to how much impact, if any, a slab can have on the sale.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again - the number of coins you find available for sale in any given slab really tells you nothing. For instance, ANACS has been around far longer than either PCGS or NGC. And NGC has slabbed more coins than PCGS has and their lead is growing daily. A large number of coins in any given slab can indicate a couple things though - it could indicate that a given company slabs more coins. It could also indicate that people are unhappy with the coins found in a given company&#039;s slab therefore they are selling them. Just as the lack of coins being available for sale in any given slab might indicate that people are happy with the coins and simply will not sell them. So as you can see - you could read that situation several different ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion, only you can decide what will be best for you in this case. And you should base your decision on what is most important to you. Is it the ability to sell the coins easily in the future - having an accurate &amp; consistent grade - or having the most conservative grade ? </p><p><br /></p><p>For the 3 coin series you mentioned, again this my opinion, PCGS only has an advantage when it comes to selling the coin. NGC is far and away more conservative when grading those 3 series and they are also more consistent and accurate than PCGS is. And I think they, NGC, are more consistent and accurate than ANACS when it comes to those 3 series as well. But I have little doubt that with those 3 series ANACS more conservative than either PCGS or NGC - too conservative at times in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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