On some Simple Coins ALL the Grading Services Grade about the same.
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I've been running a little experiment over the last few months. I've been selecting one type of coin and one year from that series and then buying samples of that coin on eBay and other sources, from the various grading Services.
I've discovered something, having now almost concluded the third round of this game.
On simple coins- coins like a 1940 Lincoln cent in MS65/66- ALL the grading Services grade at or about the SAME.
I have a sample of an MS65 ACCUGRADE. One in PCI. One is SEGS (that one is labeled MS66). One is PCGS. One in NGC. One in ICG. One in NSCGS (I know, I had never heard of the Grading Service either, until this auction). One in NTC. One in ANACS.
I wanted each coin to be the same year (I picked 1940 because I already had three different holdered coins to start off with) so there wouldn't be a difference in minting procedures, for the most part.
Now- I had done this earlier in the year, without posting any response, with 1999 Kennedy halves in MS65 and also 1957 Rosevelt dimes way last year. It takes a bit of looking to obtain samples, via eBay, for each coin- but they're common enough that over a short period of time they become available.
Again, what I learned was, within a point- EACH and EVERY grading Service gets the coin right. Even ACG. Even PCI. Even NTC! I've learned, on the real simple, common, minimum valued coins, like these MS65 1940 Lincolns, they all grade about the same!
Each cent is firey RED, each has a (common) full strike and each has great luster with minimum marks for MS65 (the SEGS being MS66).
So, I'll continue with this experiment, maybe with another series, but I'm learning on the "Who Cares?" coins- common coins worth really about one dollar or two raw, each Service puts in the minimum time to call the grade, and the EACH DO IT ABOUT THE SAME!
If anyone would like to question this experiment I'd be pleased to bring all these 1940 cents with me to Long Beach so you can look them over for yourself.
Now- OF COURSE, this isn't to say on Important Coins- coins with real substance and Value they all grade equally. They certainly DON'T!
If I had done this with 1932-S MS Washington quarters I'm sure this excercise would provide different and negative results for the third tier Services. But, as it stands (round three), the above performance seems to play out, so far, each time on the common, run of the mill, low value coins.
I've discovered something, having now almost concluded the third round of this game.
On simple coins- coins like a 1940 Lincoln cent in MS65/66- ALL the grading Services grade at or about the SAME.
I have a sample of an MS65 ACCUGRADE. One in PCI. One is SEGS (that one is labeled MS66). One is PCGS. One in NGC. One in ICG. One in NSCGS (I know, I had never heard of the Grading Service either, until this auction). One in NTC. One in ANACS.
I wanted each coin to be the same year (I picked 1940 because I already had three different holdered coins to start off with) so there wouldn't be a difference in minting procedures, for the most part.
Now- I had done this earlier in the year, without posting any response, with 1999 Kennedy halves in MS65 and also 1957 Rosevelt dimes way last year. It takes a bit of looking to obtain samples, via eBay, for each coin- but they're common enough that over a short period of time they become available.
Again, what I learned was, within a point- EACH and EVERY grading Service gets the coin right. Even ACG. Even PCI. Even NTC! I've learned, on the real simple, common, minimum valued coins, like these MS65 1940 Lincolns, they all grade about the same!
Each cent is firey RED, each has a (common) full strike and each has great luster with minimum marks for MS65 (the SEGS being MS66).
So, I'll continue with this experiment, maybe with another series, but I'm learning on the "Who Cares?" coins- common coins worth really about one dollar or two raw, each Service puts in the minimum time to call the grade, and the EACH DO IT ABOUT THE SAME!
If anyone would like to question this experiment I'd be pleased to bring all these 1940 cents with me to Long Beach so you can look them over for yourself.
Now- OF COURSE, this isn't to say on Important Coins- coins with real substance and Value they all grade equally. They certainly DON'T!
If I had done this with 1932-S MS Washington quarters I'm sure this excercise would provide different and negative results for the third tier Services. But, as it stands (round three), the above performance seems to play out, so far, each time on the common, run of the mill, low value coins.
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