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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 16127, member: 57463"]Do you rank NGC above PCGS because Rick Montgomery has moved from the latter to the former? It was accepted that his policy of correcting mistakes put PCGS on top. Market pricing tends to support this, with the two firms being very close sight-unseen, but with PCGS perhaps marginally preferred.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am just an observer. I have only one slabbed coin, an ICG. I never met Rick Montgomery or worked for either of his companies. I did work for Amos Press (which owns ANACS) but I doubt that any of the people at the grading company could pick me out in a crowd and I coudl not identify any of them, either. I do know J. P. Martin and James Taylor of ICG on sight and have interviewed them for articles about the grading and certification of ancients, which ICG does.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I was just wondering if your ranking was accidental or purposeful?</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 16127, member: 57463"]Do you rank NGC above PCGS because Rick Montgomery has moved from the latter to the former? It was accepted that his policy of correcting mistakes put PCGS on top. Market pricing tends to support this, with the two firms being very close sight-unseen, but with PCGS perhaps marginally preferred. I am just an observer. I have only one slabbed coin, an ICG. I never met Rick Montgomery or worked for either of his companies. I did work for Amos Press (which owns ANACS) but I doubt that any of the people at the grading company could pick me out in a crowd and I coudl not identify any of them, either. I do know J. P. Martin and James Taylor of ICG on sight and have interviewed them for articles about the grading and certification of ancients, which ICG does. So, I was just wondering if your ranking was accidental or purposeful? Michael[/QUOTE]
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