PCGS, ACG and everything in between. Rankem'!

BBN

I know many consider PCGS to be the best grading service and ACG to be the worst. Anyone care to rank the rest in between?

coinguy89

I personally like NGC and Anacs better than PCGS overall, but thats my opinion. I dont think that ICG is very good, they brag wy too much.

AValde

same here. PCGS, NGC, ANACS......

Steve27

How do you define best? PCGS is the most conservative; however, I don't think that makes them "best."

BBN

PCGS, ICG, NGC, ANACS, NTC, SGS, etc... What I mean is where do you place them as far as reputable grading companies. Like the better ones vs the worst like ACG that will give and MS65 garde to a smoothly worn coin.

UncleWiggly

The only thing I want to ad is: There's not one grading co. whose slab I like. All of them look so mundane. Why do the grading cos. put coins in rectangle slabs? I don't see currency in round protector covers. As for grading is has to be PCGS 1st most of the time, NGC 1st alot of the time, I do like ANACS for technical grade. ICG-I had a dealer at the Houston coin show tell me he won't use ICG because they grade "too hard" I've never bought a coin in any of the other's holders. Though, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a Global holdered coinb.

BBN

How does NTC, SGS and others in that area grade? Conservative or loosely like ACG?

Shamika

1. PCGS
2. NGC
3. ANACS
4. Doesn't matter.

lordmarcovan

For me personally, this would be the order:

First tier:

PCGS NGC

Second tier:

ANACSICG

Third tier:

SEGSPCI

Fourth and fifth tier, and beyond:

Everybody else.

This is what I would perceive as the "pecking order" by perceived marketability. The older PCI and Hallmark would rank a bit higher in my estimation, and while SEGS is a third-tier service, I have used them more often than ICG.) For submissions, I would probably stick to the first and second tier, but if I saw a problem-free coin I liked in any of what I consider the top three tier's holders, I would buy it. Beyond those three tiers, I would consider it a raw coin.

Barry

I don't think there is a BEST service. As someone already said, they may be the most conservative, but their precision (i.e. consistency) is not good, as evidenced by all the resubmissions.

Baley

what Lordmarcovan said

remember, grading is an opinion.

the "order" of the services is really a measure of how much the market respects that opinion.

CharlesDarwin

I think a better question would be:

How well does a coin sell at a particular grade in the various grading services?

Like: is a PR67 in a PCGS more likely to sell for hundreds more than the same coin graded in an NGC or an ANACS?

Which grading services coins sell more consistently?

Do buyers (not people having coins graded) trust PCGS more than the others?

I'd rather know that someone is more likely to buy my coin in a PCGS because they're more conservative.

CD

eagle7

I used to use both PCGS and NGC. Now I only use PCGS. I never used ANACS after having bought some of those coins sight unseen at Heritage and being disgusted with most of them.

rlawsha

1st:
PCGS
NGC
ANACS

2nd:
ICG
SEGS
PCI

99th:
NTC
ACG

Dennis88

1. PCGS
2. ANACS (because of the varieties they grade)
3. NGC
4. ICG


Dennis