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As I am new to coin collecting, I was just wondering who has the best grading service?

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Pcgs and NGC are both good reputable companies for grading coins. If you are grading US coins, I would most likely would go with PCGS. I feel that PCGS is a little stricter with grading. If you have a coin that has a problem (e.g. cleaned, environmental damaged, etc.) PCGS will only grade genuine. NGC will give a details grade and tell you what the problem on the coin is. I would use NGC if I had a key date coin with some sort of damage, just so I would get a details grade.
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thanks!
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In order,PCGS-NGC-ANACS
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since you are new those 3 above are the ones I would stick with for now. Once you learn to grade a little better you can venture into the 2nd tier slabs and can find some good deals there but I would never tell a new collector to buy anything but PCGS,NGC or ANACS graded coins
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If the coin is graded by any other Third Party Grading service than the ones listed above, I loose interest in it. Even ebay won't let you use the Grade and Information from most TPGs.

IGC is okay on ebay as a TPG, but I skip over these coins as they may be over graded, so I go to the next coin.
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If buying a coin from a dealer, many times you'll hear "of course it cost more, it's in a PCGS slab". Same if your planning on selling a coin. PCGS just has a really big name so people are expected to pay more.
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