Grading Standards

Tade

As someone new to this venture, I have noticed that a given coin with the same rating will demand more money when
graded by PCGS than NGC (2nd) and IGC (3rd). This trend is on TeleTrade and in ads. If so, what would happen if
a grader from PCGS would go to IGC? Would this cause some confusion?

Given the same cost to a coin, I feel I got a better deal with PCGS than the others. Am I wrong?

Tade

tradedollarnut

Given the same coin at the exact same quality in any holder , your coin is slightly more liquid in a PCGS holder than any other holder. In some series, way more liquid. But as far as getting more coin for your money, it depends on so many factors in every situation. If you pay a 50% premium for a PCGS grade X or get a 25% discount for other holder grade X+1, in most cases you just paid the same amount for the same quality coin. If you can find a PQ coin and pay no premium or a solid for the grade coin and get a discount, then you just got value - those instances of value occur in every holder.