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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1936864, member: 29751&quot;]The most important thing in coin grading in consistency, not strictness.&nbsp; If the same company can&#039;t call the same coin the same numerical grade consistently upon cracked resubmission, then they have issues that go beyond whether NGC vs. PCGS is a higher number, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s been 11 years now since the study was undertaken, but back in 2003 (I believe) there was a small group of coins that were submitted to several TPGs (not just PCGS and NGC), and some coins were submitted multiple times, and cross submitted to more than one TPG.&nbsp; The findings were that PCGS was the least consistent of all of those TPGs included (even SEGS and ICG if I recall).&nbsp; At the same time, PCGS was also consistently the lowest numerical grade given (so more strict, on average).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What does this mean?&nbsp; It means, that while PCGS may be less likely to give out an MS65 for certain coins and certain series <i>on a single submission</i>, if you submit a coin enough times to them, it might make it there eventually based on their inconsistency.&nbsp; Again, this was more than a decade ago, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>As of today, I&#039;d say NGC and PCGS are pretty much even.&nbsp; PCGS has a much larger marketing and propaganda machine that does NGC, so you may be swayed to believe PCGS is the (self-proclaimed) &quot;undisputed #1&quot; -- but I don&#039;t think you&#039;d find much to support that numerically.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>People often use the justification that PCGS is &quot;better&quot; because their coins sell for more than NGC coins graded the same.&nbsp; This is supposedly because NGC coins graded the same are of lower quality.&nbsp; But, having seen dozens of coins that were sold in an NGC holder, and the <i><b>exact same coin </b></i>later was sold in a <b><i>same-grade</i></b> PCGS holder for more money -- I can tell you this:&nbsp; A higher price does not equate to higher quality.&nbsp; Much of the higher price paid for PCGS coins is a <u><i><b>perception</b></i></u> of higher quality.&nbsp; So, PCGS higher prices is great if you&#039;re selling -- but as a collector, I&#039;m usually buying.&nbsp; It is great for dealers to convince you that PCGS coins sell for more -- and conveniently those same dealers sell almost exclusively PCGS coins.&nbsp; Collect the coin, not the plastic.&nbsp; You can find some great deals on wonderful coins in non-PCGS holders, overlooked by the nose-to-the-sky PCGS fan-boys.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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