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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1227051, member: 26030&quot;]By the way, I first heard the theory put forth in the original post from a well-respected and well-known Senior Coin Talk Member and long time Coin Dealer.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want to betray any confidences by saying who it was.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This person told me this theory a few months ago (and it SHOCKED me at the time) ... however the more I thought about it, the more sense it made.&nbsp; In any case, I&#039;ve been mulling it over while observing similarly graded PCGS and NGC coins to see if I can tell a difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>And from my observations, each coin is different.&nbsp;&nbsp; For similarly graded slabbed coins, sometimes the PCGS coin seems better and sometimes the NGC coin seems better.&nbsp; I am also seeing a pretty wide variation amongst similarly graded coins from the SAME company (which is why you always hear: &quot;Buy the coin, not the slab&quot;).&nbsp; &nbsp; In any case, from what I have observed,&nbsp; I am <b>NOT</b> seeing a consistent relationship where a similarly graded PCGS is ALWAYS much better than an NGC coin ... a grade at least 1 step higher ...&nbsp; a relationship that the online price guides imply.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And just based purely on observation, I think that NGC gets a bit of a bad rap.&nbsp; That I have seen some gorgeous NGC graded coins that appear to be spot on with the assigned grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have also heard from a lot of dealers (and some collectors) that getting NGC coins to cross to PCGS is a very difficult proposition.&nbsp; However I have no direct experience in sending in NGC coins to PCGS for cross grading.&nbsp; So that part of the theory is based purely from what I am hearing from others.&nbsp; Honestly, from what I am hearing, why bother trying to cross anything -- seems like a waste of time and money.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I just wanted to toss this theory out there to see if others agreed or disagreed with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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