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HJP717
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Which is best? PCGS or NGC coin
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IBTL
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Whose Forum are you on?
Sorry. Don’t know that one.
The older members know what that means.
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HUH,,,,,,,,,,,
In Before The Lock?
All I wanted to know is which coin grading service do you prefer? PCGS or NGC?
"Most" of us prefer the coin inside the holder, regardless of the grading service..."many" here prefer PCGS since they host this website.
IBTL? Look who liked it.
I like both, it depends on the coin I am having graded.
Thank you
Well, I ain't no Rocket Scientist BUT,,,,,, since everyone that is reading this is on the PCGS US Coin Forum I would say the odds favor PCGS.
@HJP717 Here you go:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1009079/posting-rules-updated-11-30-2018
Understood. Thank you.
Posts promoting or bashing other grading companies or services are not allowed.
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
Looks like Brett saw this post, he even gave it a like. Unless this gets real ugly & off track fast they might let it go.
I meant no disrespect to any grading service. I am new to this forum.
Good answer. Let’s see some coin! Or bullion coin.
Young grass hopper
The best advice I was given and will pass on:
Put your mind in gear, before you put you month in motion.
Since no one talks to each other, they text or post.
Put in place of month, Text or Post
Same dude who has been doing this stuff for the last few months. No polls tonight though.
HUH?
I think you got the wrong person.
Tough crowd tonight @HJP717 don't let em get you down. Most everyone here oscillates being gruff to the new guys, then starting threads lamenting that there's no one new entering the hobby.
Brett Charville --- I work at PCGS
I see a lot of collectors and dealers try to cross NGC coins to PCGS. Does it go the other way? I do not know as I do not frequent their forums.
My like, agree & LOL buttons may not be working but this is where we need the Love button.
Yes, because they are the best.....not because they are the host.
Regardless of where I'm posting I much prefer PCGS. I don't have much respect for the "other guys."
PCGS !!!
Both services do a good job and I wouldn't hesitate to buy a coin in either slab assuming I like the coin of course.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I am still new here but I own 99.9% PCGS holders and one ANACS holder. Just recently sold two NGC coins. So PCGS is my choice by far.
DiggerJim
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This.
I make my decisions based on the coin... Not the holder....I have coins from different services and do not attempt to compare them in regards to abilities. I am first and always a coin collector and not a slab, service, label etc. collector. Cheers, RickO
In order of my preference and the value(s) I see in each grading service
1st place - PCGS - accurate grading and best looking slabs
2nd place - NGC - accurate grading and ok looking slabs
3rd place - all others - their plastic keeps finger prints off the coin
watch the Numistacker YouTube videos and you will get an answer to this possibly.
Best, SH
1st place - PCGS - accurate grading and best looking slabs
1st place - NGC - accurate grading and ok looking slabs
I put them in a tie with the exception of I do prefer the PCGS slabs, the neutral grey is better for highlighting the coin that the bright white of NGC plastic and PCGS plastic is easier to polish off the marks on. Otherwise, the differences in their grading are small for the most part.
So we get back to "Buy the coin and not the holder".........
Best, SH
This.And LIKE.
Must be one of the two for me, but either if I like the coin.
Both pcgs and ngc do a pretty good job. Both of their latest holders look very nice.
I also like the second tier holders anacs, ice, and segs.
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
@BrettPCGS I think some may be reluctant to answer this particular post due to potentially being seen as breaking the forum rules.
If they take the time to read the thread they should see that Brett is aware of what is going on.
It's nice to see constructive comments rather than derail the thread.
I was referring to the posts before Brett's as there is a marked change before and after his post.
@Zions "I was referring to the posts before Brett's as there is a marked change before and after his post."
Agree
Coinfacts prices show auction results from both PCGS and NGC.
It's a good way to see which way you want to go.
THIS!
And I will add: rude, self-righteous old-timers helped kill the stamp hobby. The old-timers were not only rude to newbies, they told them they were "collecting wrong" and took all the fun out of it for younger people.
Didn't that there fella J.A. found and develop both? J.A. helped to create PCGS and then, for whatever reason, left to create NGC. Was that his way of improving on the system.
My vote goes with those few, brave and merry folks who say: "Buy the coin and not the plastic."
The best grading company is the one whose holder is around any particular coin that you like for the grade assigned.
My collection is a mix of PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG
Collector, occasional seller
Am staying personally Neutral at this ( but my mind swings to where I am) because I only have about 2 doz of both of the top TPGs. the rest, numerous hundreds, are all in ICCS and CCCS slips and holders as I am not willing to be "penalized" for getting foreign coins graded. IMO, coins are coins.
However, I have noticed that many auction houses and dealers, especially from Europe, are buying raw and sending them to be placed in to Slabs to their favorite TPG......I was told by one German dealer-auctioneer (who also buys coins outside the auctions) that he usually takes about 100 to 150 coins to Munich to be slabbed. I asked him some time ago why he uses this TPG and not the other. He indicated that that he likes the better bottom line on the invoice. His profits usually soar when US coins are sold slabbed compared to raw .
But he also said that the old style European collector still wants raw coins and not a plastic barrier between his eyes and the coin
I will add though, as far as scratch resistance and coin viewing, PCGS has the best holder IMO. I have one coin going to NGC now for a reholder into a "scratch resistant holder"(extra $5), I'll see how those are.
Collector, occasional seller
It comes down to this...your not worried about filling a slot in the registry, you have the same coin with the same date and mint mark, the same grade, one is in a PCGS holder the other is in a NGC holder. You compare both visually and select the one that appeals to your liking.
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The questions you've asked since joining @HJP717 are the exact same questions I had on my mind when I found this joint Labor Day weekend of 2006.
Carry on and
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Thank you