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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1317672, member: 15929&quot;]I can only speak for Modern Coins but I believe that each of the TPG&#039;s has something different to offer.</p><p><br /></p><p>ANACS offers Variety Attribution and being the perfectionist OCD Nerds that we can sometimes be, a slabbed set <i>should</i> be of all the same slab type.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC appears to have a little bit looser standards for Modern Coins. I refer specifically to Eisenhower Dollars and Kennedy Half Dollar which is my main focus. I&#039;ve seen NGC coins graded where it just barely makes the grade but then this is not really a fair assessment since I&#039;ve seen similar PCGS coins. All in all though on &#039;average&#039;, NGC appears to be a bit looser for Modern Coins. Unless you&#039;re really, really good in the grading arena, expect a 1 point down grade from NGC to PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS offers exclusivity meaning that ANY PCGS Graded coin can go into a PCGS Registry Set and the competition for that 1st place position can be financially brutal! NGC on the other hand, accepts both PCGS and NGC coins into their registry. Both services offer similar registry awards and benefits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m of the opinion that folks who regularly submit coins for TPG grading usually <i>choose</i> the grading service which will assign the grade the submitter feels the coins is AND will offer the most bang for the grading dollars. This is not to say that one service is better than the other since it is a &quot;buy the coin and not the slab&quot; world for some but the other half of the world prefers one specific TPG over the other regardless. In other words, someone thats heavily invested in NGC Slabs will have a tendency to ONLY shop NGC. Folks who are heavily envested in PCGS Slabs will only shop PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>As it sits right now, for Modern Coins, PCGS definitely brings more money in the resale arena than NGC or ANACS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even with Variety Attribution, ANACS resale prices can be brutal toward the low end since ANACS diesn&#039;t always get it right. But then, neither does PCGS or NGC as all have made similar attribution boo-boo&#039;s. It all falls into a &quot;preference&quot; thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, in a nutshell, folks simply have a preference for which TPG they prefer and as such will defend that TPG most vigorously.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve used all three but only for specific coins for specific reasons. Of the three, I was really impressed with NGC&#039;s Customer Service. It was almost as if those folks &quot;knew&quot; me and I really liked that! PCGS&#039;s customer service is really good but I&#039;ve never hung up the phone feeling like I&#039;ve just spoken with someone the really cared about ME. I&#039;ve only ever dealt with Paul DeFelice for ANACS so I can&#039;t rerally offer anything constructive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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