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Message:: [QUOTE="World Colonial, post: 2434338, member: 78153"]I don't buy or submit any US coins but my understanding from the NGC and PCGS forums plus the market price is that PCGS is considered stricter or at least preferred, though this varies by series as other comments here state. I also agree with the comment on 69 and 70 grades.  Though I don't believe there is a dime's worth of actual difference between the two, I have noticed substantial increases in the PCGS 70 pops where I have looked, the prime example being the 1995-W ASE.  Years ago the pop was two or three for like "forever" and now it is over 100.  There certainly are no duplicates. In world coins, NGC is clearly the market leader, generally.  For the series I collect where the graded population is noticeable, I'd say PCGS is less consistent with South Africa but they seem to have higher quality coins in their holders (or did in the past) with the same assigned grade. For pillars, I have disagreed with the assigned grades on both of them.  I haven't inspected the coins directly but from images, frequently see coins where the assigned grade does not correlate to either the visible wear or apparent surface quality.[/QUOTE]