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How is NGC compared to PCGS

joecheckjoecheck Posts: 533
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I have never submitted coins for grading. NGC looks cheaper than PCGS. Do their coins sell comparably? Do PCGS coins bring that much of a difference (sight unseen)? I hate the thought of PCGS prices! You have to join the club for a fee just to submit coins.
Joe
CONECA #N-3446

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  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You can submit to NGC if you are an ANA member.
    PCGS requires that you become a member to be able to submit. The price of joining PCGS is off set by free coin grading submissons.

    What type of coins are you submitting?
  • joecheckjoecheck Posts: 533
    Washingtons and Frankies!
    Joe
    CONECA #N-3446
  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Personally, I would send those to PCGS. Others might not agree.
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,125 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The price of joining PCGS is off set by free coin grading submissons. >>



    There are no gradings included with the membership fee until the platinum level at $200.
    theknowitalltroll;
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    heres on NCS&NGC did for me:

    junk box coin
    image

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Washingtons and Frankies! >>



    PCGS has the market edge when it comes to modern coins. Therefore if you coins are top quality, PCGS is the way to go.

    As for the classics, it is the coin that counts, not the brand of the holder. I've sold both PCGS and NGC graded coins for premium prices to other dealers when the coins were superior quality for the grade. PCGS is a little more conservative overall, but that difference is not large, and it does NOT mean that you can use it as a rule of thumb for buying. There are overgraded and undergrded coins in both brands of holders, and you can't just buy a piece and be sure that it is graded properly based upon the holder.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,342 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>As for the classics, it is the coin that counts, not the brand of the holder. I've sold both PCGS and NGC graded coins for premium prices to other dealers when the coins were superior quality for the grade. PCGS is a little more conservative overall, but that difference is not large, and it does NOT mean that you can use it as a rule of thumb for buying. There are overgraded and undergrded coins in both brands of holders, and you can't just buy a piece and be sure that it is graded properly based upon the holder. >>

    image Best answer by far!!!



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  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    Market perception is that PCGS is superior.

    i dont really agree but i have accepted the perception

    You pay more and you get more when you sell.

    The PCGS price guide is a crock,unless its a way better date or smoething you just have to have,never pay guide price.
    image

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