Brazil2001

On the whole I grade a lot of coins as in several hundred to a thousand a month and relatively speaking there is no difference between NGC and PCGS grading they tend to get roughly the same with cross over rates around 50% although I suspect the crossover is more political, if you cracked the coin it would probable get the same grade. They are starting to hold a lot of weight because it makes the coin internationally saleable someone in the US bidding in a UK auction knows it's been independently verified and knows it will be what the slabs says, plus now in a lot of countries a raw coin is seen as a problem coin as in there must be a reason it's not graded. As for the point about been wrong I've sent plenty of coins back I disagree with the grade and as long as you have evidence they maybe got it wrong they will consider it again and I've had plenty upgraded where I've been able to obtain photos of similar coins already graded showing mine is equal or better to the ones already graded, so by swapping the grade upwards they are essentially admitting they made a mistake. As it happens I have a details Cnut penny I disagree with which will be going back as I have no idea how they managed to grade it details.