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Percentage of old collections graded?

DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
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Knowing grading services are gradually certifying the majority of the coins of significant value, what percentage of remaining old-time collections remain raw? At some point, do you believe they will all be graded? Are there any large obscure collections still in vaults?

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  • homerunhallhomerunhall Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭
    There's no way to know the answer to the question. There are obviously less big time collections ungraded than there used to be. However, every year or two a big deal surfaces that i had no idea existed. I do know from looking at the Pop Report for 1860 to 1900 proofs that we have probably graded 25% to 35% of the surviving specimens. There's going to be plenty of coins to grade for the next several decades. However, I do feel that the Population growth for vintage coins has slowed and will continue to slow as we grade a bigger and bigger percentage of the surviving specimens.
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