A grading question

Cockney

Sorry if this is obvious, but I dont know. When coins are graded are they compared to a strike, etc, standard set for all coins, or are they compared to their specific type.

Russ

They aren't compared to anything. The graders at PCGS use a dartboard.

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Just kidding!

Russ, NCNE

nwcs

Specific type. And sometimes era within the type. For example, $10 indians (st. gaudens type) are graded a little differently for the 1900s and 1910s than the 1920s and 1930s issues. And Morgans are like that, too. They have small differences unique to particular dates. And I remember than a 1924 $20 is treated a bit differently from the rest.

coinguy1

I think the answer would be that the standards for a given type are considered, but that allowances are made for the intricacies/characteristics of individual issues.

For example, a 1940-S Walking Liberty half dollar is rarely close to fully struck, as compared to a 1941-P. So, a 1940-S which is not fully struck can receive an MS65 or MS66 grade, whereas a softly struck 1941-P might not.

ksteelheader

They aren't compared to anything. The graders at PCGS use a dartboard.
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Russ

Did I mention that I love PCGS and David Hall is my hero?

Russ, NCNE

ksteelheader

Russ is now resorting to some sort of kissing.............Ken

Cockney

Russ, you need a hankercheif, there's some brown pvc residue on yer schnoz