their grading standards are somewhat less harsh—whereas PCGS is seen as being a little more stringent when it comes to handing out high grades. Overall, you won't go wrong if you choose either of these companies to grade your coins. How Are Coins Graded? Under magnification, the flaws in...
PCGS/NGC clearly have different grading standards, and while I won't discuss the technical (plain numerical) grades they give - because there's no way to do that, really - there are some other differences between PCGS and NGC graded coins on the NGC registry that make me wonder if the c...
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After you’ve done that, you can go to the PCGS Price Guide to get a ballpark idea of how much the coin is worth. For a definition of each grade to help you decide what to look for, visit our grading standards page. OK ×
You can see in the chart that the two major third-party grading services, PCGS and NGC, along with auction firm Heritage Auctions, are in general agreement about the use of “Gem” terminology for coins that grade MS65 and above. However, sellers of coins may deviate from these standards ...