PCGS Grading Challenge

yspsales

Circa 2016 grading challenge.

Tips to be learned on how to observe coins and and grade coins.

https://youtu.be/cuSk3Mrb1uA

TPRC

This was really worth doing! Thank you for posting.

Onastone

Thanks very fun watch!!

ricko

Thanks for the link.... Something to be learned for most of us. Cheers, RickO

yspsales

A few nuggets from this and other challenge videos.

Besides the physical and mental process of grading coins.

PCGS graders see up to 800 coins daily!
PCGS assumes your challenge is a success if you consistently land within a grade of their grade.
They use one light source in a cubicle
They get it right 80% of the time and the team balances out the final grade.

yspsales

I posted another in the World Coin forum between 4 experts.

NGC world coin challenge.

To see their process process, locate the details grade, and all of the other nuances was informative.

Namvet69

Very enjoyable grading exercise. Thanks for sharing. Peace Roy

privatecoin

Definitely a fun video to watch and test yourself.

oldabeintx

Thanks for posting. I can scratch professional grader from my list of possible vocations. To sit all day in a darkened room and do that several days a week would drive me insane. I became impatient after about 15 minutes. I think I would rather be an air traffic controller. Assume they get a lot of breaks and are paid well. Interesting that 80% accuracy according to the TPG standard is considered good for a grader. Buy the coin not the holder eh?

P0CKETCHANGE

This was a fun exercise. I scored 5/20 right on the money, and another 5 within one grade (and most of the rest within 2, although I had a few wider outliers). You’re at a disadvantage grading via video vs. in-hand, but you get a decent look at most of the coins. I did an in-person grading challenge at a show once that was put on by Northeast Numismatics—I highly recommend trying it if you ever see this activity on a show schedule. There’s nothing like seeing the coins in-hand.