Why are PCGS and NGC the only Services with POP Reports?

braddick

It doesn't seem like it would be a lot of trouble. Why doesn't ANACS put out a Pop Report? Would it be helpful to know what and how many they've graded of the coins you're interested in?
How about ICG? SEGS?

Why is PCGS and NGC the only ones to compile and list this information?

Russ

Yeah, and what about NTC and ACG??!!

Russ, NCNE

Placid

Anacs sells a pop report.


Pop report

braddick

Placid, I had no idea. That's the first, ever, I've heard ANACS has one.
Makes sense!

I've also never seen it used in a quote by anyone- collector or Dealer.

goose3

has anyone Ever seen an ANACS MS70 or PF70 coin?? sorry to go a bit off topic

robertpr

Gee, I wonder what the pop would look like for ACG?

coppercoins

I'm kind of wondering what good pop reports do anyway? They are all inherently flawed by the fact that coins are cracked and resubmitted regularly, meaning the populations reported count the same coins twice, thrice, etc. Another inherent flaw is that many people (myself included) own some nice coins and don't submit them at all...thus they are never counted.

CLASSICS

<< <i>Yeah, and what about NTC and ACG??!!

Russ, NCNE >>

...........dont know if they can count that high.

braddick

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<< <i>Yeah, and what about NTC and ACG??!! Russ, NCNE >>

...........dont know if they can count that high. >>



The women of ACG can count to ten. The men, eleven.



Or, is that the other way around?!

LucyBop

ACG doesn't want anyone to know how many ms70 grades they have handed out.....

DaveG

Coppercoins: We all know that the Pop reports are inaccurate, but they do provide at least a general idea of relative rarity (and, they're all we have, anyway).

coppercoins

With so little (and flawed) information, I don't see how it's useful. It's like walking around in a mall, counting the people with blue eyes, and making an assumption based on that alone how many blue eyed people there are on the planet. In order for any gathering of data to be considered "information," it first has to pass the test of being reliable and valid. The pop reports are neither. They represent a small segment of a huge market.

michael

anx has a pop report but only in book form no on line had it before pcgs/ngc ever existed

sincerely michael many many years ago i used to call them for pop numbers till they told me to buy it so i quit calling.......lol

for me only useful for UDM morgan dollars

BigD5

I have the anacs pop report. Mine is a year old, but it's here You want me to look up any Po01's for you Braddick?