PCGS Graders

Onedollarnohollar

Curious to know if, among all of the graders at PCGS, is there ONE that stands out as the toughest grader??

airplanenut

SoCalBigMark

Yes, Karen McKaren.

ricko

As in all things, there is a spectrum. You are unlikely to ever get an answer to your question, but I am sure it is known internally at the company. Cheers, RickO

MFeld

If one grader stands out as the toughest, by too much for too long, he might end up standing out in the cold, elsewhere.😉

Desert Moon

@MFeld said:
If one grader stands out as the toughest, by too much for too long, he might end up standing out in the cold, elsewhere.😉

Or she?

CoinJunkie

If there is, I'm nonplussed...

Walkerfan

I'd imagine that the older, more experienced ones are a little bit more critical.

TurtleCat

How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another? I’d imagine consensus in grading standards is the goal and outliers rare.

MFeld

@TurtleCat said:
How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another? I’d imagine consensus in grading standards is the goal and outliers rare.

Presumably, individual grades are recorded and internal reports available.

Mgarmy

Don’t know which one it is but whoever it is, they got my v75 ASE 😁

MrEureka

@TurtleCat said:
How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another?

It’s easy if you’re PCGS management and you have access to the data. It’s also possible, if you submit enough coins, to make some good guesses based on how your coins get graded when you know certain graders are on vacation, or at shows when you know which graders are there for walkthroughs.

TurtleCat

@MFeld said:

@TurtleCat said:
How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another? I’d imagine consensus in grading standards is the goal and outliers rare.

Presumably, individual grades are recorded and internal reports available.

I’m sure but I don’t think we could see them...

TurtleCat

@MrEureka said:

@TurtleCat said:
How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another?

It’s easy if you’re PCGS management and you have access to the data. It’s also possible, if you submit enough coins, to make some good guesses based on how your coins get graded when you know certain graders are on vacation, or at shows when you know which graders are there for walkthroughs.

For those of us who don’t work there we wouldn’t see such things.

MFeld

@TurtleCat said:

@MFeld said:

@TurtleCat said:
How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another? I’d imagine consensus in grading standards is the goal and outliers rare.

Presumably, individual grades are recorded and internal reports available.

I’m sure but I don’t think we could see them...

True, but your question was “How would anyone know....”. So I thought you were unaware that the grading companies would have ways to know.

Smudge

Snidely Whiplash.

MrEureka

@TurtleCat said:

@MrEureka said:

@TurtleCat said:
How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another?

It’s easy if you’re PCGS management and you have access to the data. It’s also possible, if you submit enough coins, to make some good guesses based on how your coins get graded when you know certain graders are on vacation, or at shows when you know which graders are there for walkthroughs.

For those of us who don’t work there we wouldn’t see such things.

You don’t have to work there. You just have to be friends with people who work there. Or with their friends. And it would help to compare notes with other people gathering the same intel.