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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rld14, post: 1110825, member: 16133&quot;]Doug,</p><p><br /></p><p>You can always find examples of this.&nbsp; However I watched, via simulcast, the FUN auction.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t grab the links, but here&#039;s what I posted earlier about the FUN Auction back in January on another thread.&nbsp; Bear in mind that I am basing my results on the series that I pay attention to, as I said.&nbsp; I&#039;m told that an NGC FBL Franklin carries much heavier weight than a PCGS one as NGC is much tougher on FBLs than PCGS.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t collect Franklins and don&#039;t pay much attention to the market on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>These results were every instance, in a major auction, where there was a PCGS and an NGC coin in the same grade up for sale in the same auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>13-S Barber Quarters:</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 66: $28,750</p><p>NGC 67: $40,250</p><p>PCGS 66+: $37,375</p><p><br /></p><p>16-P Walkers</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 65: $1,380</p><p>PCGS 65: $2,185</p><p><br /></p><p>18-P Walkers</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 65: $2,300</p><p>PCGS 65: $3,450 (Another sold in December for the same price)</p><p><br /></p><p>27-S Walkers:</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS 64: 2,990</p><p>PCGS 64: 2,990</p><p>NGC 64: 5,750 (Super nice strike, gorgeous coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>34-D Walkers:</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 66: $1,610</p><p>PCGS 66: $1,610</p><p>PCGS 66+: $2,760</p><p><br /></p><p>35-S Walkers:</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS 66: $5,175</p><p>NGC 66+: $3,450</p><p><br /></p><p>17-P T1 SLQs</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;NGC 66: $1,207.50</p><p>PCGS 66: $1,495</p><p>PCGS 66: $1,840<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Your Barber Quarters were also common dates, some of which sold over a year apart and the premium on those NGC coins was under 10%.&nbsp; None of those were better date coins either although the 95 Half can be tricky in Gem.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Some of the most valuable coins that I own are in NGC plastic, but based upon what I saw at FUN, I would be a fool if I didn&#039;t consider crossing them to PCGS assuming that they would cross at the same grade IF I wanted to sell them.&nbsp; Also, one of my favorite coins (A beautifully toned 28-S SLQ in 65) is in an NGC holder and it&#039;s staying there as well.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Remember, I have never said that NGC can&#039;t grade, from where I sit I think that they do a great job.&nbsp; The problem that I see with NGC is that the market does not, in the series that I collect, value them as strongly as they do PCGS so when it comes down to me sending a coin for grading, if I am concerned with liquidity, I&#039;m going to send them to PCGS everything else being equal.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Bill</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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