Ok everyone, I have a new idea for the consistant grading of anything.
leothelyon
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How does this sound? Every professional coin grader should learn or specialize to grade in only one grade.
Before I throw myself into some kind of cardiac arrest, now doesn't this sound like the most brilliant idea
you have ever heard? Wow, who would have thought of it.
(Scenarial; collector or dealer stops by the PCGS table and there to greet him is no other then DH himself) And DH says, Hi there, welcome to the show! What can I do for you?
Collector says, I have some coins that need graded.
DH says, well, you certainly have come to the right place. What you need to do my friend is take your coins over to that table where Mr. MS65 is sitting.
And the collectors says. OK! (So off he goes, over to Mr. MS65's table)
Upon arrival Mr. MS65 says, Let's see your coins! And immediately he begins checking, sorting, giving every coin the scrutinizing grading test, that's MS65, and that's 65, this one's not and so on until he's finished with the coins and finally reports, sir, these 4 coins are MS65 the rest are not. ( two things could be done here. One is to have all the coins graded by Mr. MS66 who is waiting at another table or just have Mr. MS66 grade the remaining coins). And so Mr. MS66 repeats the process but only looks for the MS66 coins and then if there are any remaining coins, they go to another table and possibly back around until all the coins have been graded.
There could be 2-3 graders who specialize in authenticating coins and 2-3 others who specialize in toning.
The first thing that sounds rediculous is the idea of having over 70 different MS graders. So we'll need to bend the rules a little and allow each grader to specialize in 5 or 10 different grades but the selected MS grades need to be 3,4 or 5 grades apart. And so a grader would be trained to recognizing only the grades, for example, G-4, F-10, AU-55, MS61 and MS66 and with some luck they will also be allowed to specialize in 2 grades of proofs.
The only other explaination for the inconsistency of grading coins with our grading companies is, the grader has too many grades to recognize and keep separate from the others.
Wham, if this doesn't hit the nail on the head!
Man! I need to come down from this exuberant high and relax. Wow! If this idea doesn't solve everyone's problem...........
Leo
Before I throw myself into some kind of cardiac arrest, now doesn't this sound like the most brilliant idea
you have ever heard? Wow, who would have thought of it.
(Scenarial; collector or dealer stops by the PCGS table and there to greet him is no other then DH himself) And DH says, Hi there, welcome to the show! What can I do for you?
Collector says, I have some coins that need graded.
DH says, well, you certainly have come to the right place. What you need to do my friend is take your coins over to that table where Mr. MS65 is sitting.
And the collectors says. OK! (So off he goes, over to Mr. MS65's table)
Upon arrival Mr. MS65 says, Let's see your coins! And immediately he begins checking, sorting, giving every coin the scrutinizing grading test, that's MS65, and that's 65, this one's not and so on until he's finished with the coins and finally reports, sir, these 4 coins are MS65 the rest are not. ( two things could be done here. One is to have all the coins graded by Mr. MS66 who is waiting at another table or just have Mr. MS66 grade the remaining coins). And so Mr. MS66 repeats the process but only looks for the MS66 coins and then if there are any remaining coins, they go to another table and possibly back around until all the coins have been graded.
There could be 2-3 graders who specialize in authenticating coins and 2-3 others who specialize in toning.
The first thing that sounds rediculous is the idea of having over 70 different MS graders. So we'll need to bend the rules a little and allow each grader to specialize in 5 or 10 different grades but the selected MS grades need to be 3,4 or 5 grades apart. And so a grader would be trained to recognizing only the grades, for example, G-4, F-10, AU-55, MS61 and MS66 and with some luck they will also be allowed to specialize in 2 grades of proofs.
The only other explaination for the inconsistency of grading coins with our grading companies is, the grader has too many grades to recognize and keep separate from the others.
Wham, if this doesn't hit the nail on the head!
Man! I need to come down from this exuberant high and relax. Wow! If this idea doesn't solve everyone's problem...........
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
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I see what you mean in PR vs MS but to segregate what grades they can call may eliminate the biased
that happens when a grader must decide between two consecutive grades; ie, MS 66 and MS67.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
they wouldn't be able to do so with my scenarial because one grader would need to be told to loosen up while the next higher grader would need to be told to tighten up and then the looser grader
would need to allow more coins into his grading bracket but then again he could tighten his grades as well and just send them on down to the next slimball.........hell that won't work........forget that thought.....
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection