PCGS Grading Challenge
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Circa 2016 grading challenge.
Tips to be learned on how to observe coins and and grade coins.
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This was really worth doing! Thank you for posting.
Tom
Thanks very fun watch!!
Thanks for the link.... Something to be learned for most of us. Cheers, RickO
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.
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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.
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Very enjoyable grading exercise. Thanks for sharing. Peace Roy
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Definitely a fun video to watch and test yourself.
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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?
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.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.