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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2062345, member: 28107&quot;]Stronger in what regard?&nbsp; The guarantee?&nbsp; Strike designation?&nbsp; Grading? Consistency?</p><p><br /></p><p>Striking designations (FT/FB on Roosevelt Dimes, FS on Jefferson Nickels, FB on Mercury Dimes, FBL on Franklin Half Dollars) are stronger at NGC than PCGS.&nbsp; NGC will also award some designations that PCGS refuses to do so (PL on non modern/non-Morgan U.S. coinage), so I think it is better for those series in that regard.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to grading, I think PCGS is tougher on Jefferson Nickels, Roosevelt Dimes, Lincoln Cents, Washington Quarter, and pretty much all of the moderns.&nbsp;&nbsp; NGC was more lenient on cameo proof coins at one point but I think the services are about even now.&nbsp; For Capped Bust Half Dollars and pre-1933 gold, the standards are qualitatively different.&nbsp; PCGS is more punitive for wear/rub in the fields than NGC.&nbsp; It is not that one is stronger, just that I believe the way each assesses luster and wear on these is different.&nbsp; Top pop coins usually command larger sums in PCGS holders.&nbsp; This is not always the result of strength of standards, but the PCGS Registry IMHO.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to the guarantee, NGC does not guarantee attributions where PCGS does.&nbsp; I absolutely prefer PCGS on attributions and will not buy a NGC attributed coin (where most of the cost is in the variety) without seeing the piece in hand.&nbsp; Similarly, the PCGS copper color guarantee is non-existent, whereas NGC is good 10 years from encapsulation.&nbsp; So I like NGC more, notwithstanding the fact that they are sometimes more lenient on the Lincolns.</p><p><br /></p><p>World coins...NGC hands down.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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