Quite a milestone that 40,000,000. Continued success. And thanks for the chance in your offer. P.S. I've often wondered how many graders have been used throughout their existence.
Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
Here's a quote from a previous giveaway contest thread (@DonWillis 500th post giveaway -2011) where we were asked to guess how many coins PCGS graded in its first month......
......And the winners are .....
1 HKstrongside ... 6,574
2 toyz4geo ... 7,362
3 BillyGoatsGruff ... 7,600
consolation prizes (one Regular Secure Plus submission)
4 SWAMPBOY ... 7,642
5 Frankiefanatic ... 7,656
The correct answer is - 6,886 coins.
The entertainment can never be overdressed....except in burlesque
Updated, necessary due to my dismal estimating skills:
The enter the "Congratulations PCGS on 40,000,000 coins graded" give away, if you have DHNIG flips, post em, if not, just congratulate PCGS.
PCGS is currently at 39,970,723 coins graded; they have averaged approximately 6,000 coins per day over the last 30 calendar days. My Estimating Skills 2.0 upgrade indicates 40,000,000 should occur on or about 10/19.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
This is the text from a 2003 Message Board post by David Hall himself.
What you have is the beginning of the PCGS idea. In 1982, DHNIG started making a market in a wide range of coins and guaranteeing to buy back any coin we sold at a price comensurate with the grade. We guarantee to always have a buy price for every coin we sold. It was quite a revolutionary idea for the time (one major dealer who is still active told me at the time that this was impossible and we would go bankrupt...what happened was that he went bankrupt!) We sealed the coins to be sure they wouldn't be switched. This idea was expanded to include sonically sealed holders and coins from other dealers inventory not just DHNIG, i.e. this idea was expanded into PCGS. There are several looks to these sealed holders. The first ones were circa 1982, the last ones were probably from 1987. You have one of the later models. We did well over $50,000,000 worth of coins this way. I believe the majority of them were turned into PCGS for grading by the DHNIG customers shortly after PCGS was launched. Most of the coins we sold as MS65 will grade MS65 or 66 at PCGS today. A few grade lower, a few grade higher.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Comments
Congratulations PCGS on 40,000,000 certs. And to one of its founders!
Congratulations Pcgs
Would love to find a Liberty Nickel in one of his holders. Have to believe he did some 1883 No Cent nickels.
Here's to PCGS and David Hall on a job well done. Thanks for providing the tools we need to make well informed decisions while out in the wild.
Great giveaway, thanks for the chance!
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Cool coin and congrats on 40,000,000
Way cool giveaway and congrats on 40,000,000 PCGS!
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
Congrats to PCGS. Thanks for the kind giveaway!
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Congratulations PCGS! Great giveaway idea, too.
LIBERTY SEATED DIMES WITH MAJOR VARIETIES CIRCULATION STRIKES (1837-1891) digital album
Congratulations PCGS on being the TOP of the TOP III encapsulating services!
Cool DHNIG flips! I have not seen one that I would consider sub-par.
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Congrats PCGS! Glad to see them doing so well!
Congratulation PCGS on 40,000,000! WOW!
Everything is all right!
Congrats, now let's get those turnaround times turned around.
Quite a milestone that 40,000,000. Continued success. And thanks for the chance in your offer. P.S. I've often wondered how many graders have been used throughout their existence.
Mega Congrats to PCGS on a new milestone.
Carry on!!
Thanks for the shot @JeffersonFrog
Here's a quote from a previous giveaway contest thread (@DonWillis 500th post giveaway -2011) where we were asked to guess how many coins PCGS graded in its first month......
......And the winners are .....
1 HKstrongside ... 6,574
2 toyz4geo ... 7,362
3 BillyGoatsGruff ... 7,600
consolation prizes (one Regular Secure Plus submission)
4 SWAMPBOY ... 7,642
5 Frankiefanatic ... 7,656
The correct answer is - 6,886 coins.
The entertainment can never be overdressed....except in burlesque
I wish I had kept this, but sent it in for re-grade
My Washington Type B/C Set
I do not have one, and haven't seen one at local shows, but appreciate seeing some of the coins in them on the forum.
Obviously, 40 million IS huge! Congrats to PCGS on that and I hope things continue to move forward in an upward pattern.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Hell Yeah! Thanks for the chance and keep on truckin PCGS!
Congrats PCGS. It seems just yesterday the talk was about 30,000,000 graded.
Thanks for the giveaway as well!
Congratulations to PCGS!
Very nice giveaway!
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Our last economy took 9 days.
Congrats to PCGS on reaching toe 40,000,000 milestone.
David created a monster!!! And we all love him and it for doing so!
bob
Congratulations to PCGS on the 40 million milestone and thanks for the contest.
Congratulations to PCGS, and thanks to you @JeffersonFrog for the chance! My stash is less than 1 ppm of the number graded.
Congratulations PCGS ! 40 Million WOW
Congrats to PCGS! Thanks for the chance and cool giveaway JeffersonFrog!
Congrats PCGS, quite an achievement!
Nic
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Congrats PCGS
Steve
Yay! Congrats
I wish I did have one of those flips!
Thanks for the giveaway. Congrats to PCGS.
Congratulations PCGS
Congrats PCGS!
Congrats to PCGS.
1948 65FBL
Heck, I thought 10,000,000 was a lot. Congratulations PCGS and thanks for the cool giveaway.
I knew it would happen.
Congrats PCGS!
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Congrats PCGS!
And thanks for the chance.
Congrats to PCGS on the 40,000,000
Thanks for the opportunity for the drawing.
You learn something new everyday. I have not seen the precursor flips before.
Congratulations to PCGS on 40,000,000 and here is to another 40 million.
Congrats PCGS! 40 million - wow!
Congratulations PCGS!
Congratulations to you as well!
40.000.000.....proud to be part of that #, congrats PCGS....
Updated, necessary due to my dismal estimating skills:
The enter the "Congratulations PCGS on 40,000,000 coins graded" give away, if you have DHNIG flips, post em, if not, just congratulate PCGS.
PCGS is currently at 39,970,723 coins graded; they have averaged approximately 6,000 coins per day over the last 30 calendar days. My Estimating Skills 2.0 upgrade indicates 40,000,000 should occur on or about 10/19.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
Very cool. What year were these DH flips made?
And of course, congrats.
This is the text from a 2003 Message Board post by David Hall himself.
What you have is the beginning of the PCGS idea. In 1982, DHNIG started making a market in a wide range of coins and guaranteeing to buy back any coin we sold at a price comensurate with the grade. We guarantee to always have a buy price for every coin we sold. It was quite a revolutionary idea for the time (one major dealer who is still active told me at the time that this was impossible and we would go bankrupt...what happened was that he went bankrupt!) We sealed the coins to be sure they wouldn't be switched. This idea was expanded to include sonically sealed holders and coins from other dealers inventory not just DHNIG, i.e. this idea was expanded into PCGS. There are several looks to these sealed holders. The first ones were circa 1982, the last ones were probably from 1987. You have one of the later models. We did well over $50,000,000 worth of coins this way. I believe the majority of them were turned into PCGS for grading by the DHNIG customers shortly after PCGS was launched. Most of the coins we sold as MS65 will grade MS65 or 66 at PCGS today. A few grade lower, a few grade higher.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
Congrats PCGS!
Congratulations PCGS.
Congrats! Always wanted one of those flips!