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From the 18th Edition of Photograde. The picture is probably 10 years old though
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From the 18th Edition of Photograde. The picture is probably 10 years old though
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Can anyone identify the people in the photos?
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What does "sonically sealed" mean? How do they seal a slab with soundwaves???
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<< <i>picture #2 is the guy who puts the PCGS fingerprint on the coins.
Can anyone identify the people in the photos? >>
Not without seeing a better photo of their fingertips.
Where are the gloves?
K S
Betcha it's to check the Pop of a coin....
Looking for 1967 PCGS/NGC slabbed coins.
Is that a bottle of Jack Daniels I see on desk of the middle grader??
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<< <i>what do you think they use the computers for?
Betcha it's to check the Pop of a coin.... >>
The grade and other information from the submission is entered in to the computer. It has nothing to do with checking pops.
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>Is that a bottle of Jack Daniels I see on desk of the middle grader?? >>
No, it is a Norweb auction catalog.
Do you think they don't take Pop into account when grading coins? I would hope they wouldn't, but it wouldn't surprise me either.
c
Looking for 1967 PCGS/NGC slabbed coins.
Hope the graders have asked for more comfortable chairs since then, like an Aeron.
<< <i>Do you think they don't take Pop into account when grading coins? >>
Actually, with important coins, I think they do consider it - even though they likely wouldn't admit it. That's not the purpose of the computers at the grading desks, though. The process is slow enough now. Imagine how long submissions would take if they weren't entering the information as the coins are graded.
Russ, NCNE
Lakesammman: Your above deduction is correct. During the recent PCGS Invitational in Las Vegas, David Hall gave us a "virtual walkthrough" of the grading of a coin, and mentioned that the sonic sealing machine emits a very loud piercing sound (high pitch I think).
I think he said they call it the "Noise Room" or something similar to that...
Stuart
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<< <i>Last guy must be new. Still ahs 10 fingers. Sonic sealing must be noisy (note the headset). >>
Maybe he's listening to Cool and the Gang's latest.
<< <i>Does anyone know why gloves aren't required? >>
It's harder to hold a coin and the chance of dropping it is higher.
Cameron Kiefer
Gloves aren't required because they found it was harder to handle the coins with gloves on.
They have a felt pad on the desk in case a coin is dropped, but they said they dropped more coins when wearing gloves and the coins were harder to handle.
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<< <i>I understood that pops are taken into account. See D.Hall's recent post in the Q&A. >>
Here's the post
I take that to mean that on the low pop coins that are rare, more graders look at them, because they're worth more... makes sense to me.
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If the frequency and intensity are strong enough, you'd be shocked what sound can do. Ultrasonic welding is a very fast and inexpensive approach to joining two separate pieces of plastic together. The sound emitted from such devices isn't particularly lound, but it is so high pitched that it almost hurts to hear it IF you can hear it (think dog whistle).
<< <i><< Sonic sealing must be noisy (note the headset). >> Lakesammman: Your above deduction is correct. During the recent PCGS Invitational in Las Vegas, David Hall gave us a "virtual walkthrough" of the grading of a coin, and mentioned that the sonic sealing machine emits a very loud piercing sound (high pitch I think). I think he said they call it the "Noise Room" or something similar to that... >>
Grader to himself: "Let's see. What to do? What to do? How in the name of all that is good can I get that loud, high pitch machine to stop? Hmmm.... what ::cough:: bodybag! ::cough:: to do. . .
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I remember DH once posted that it makes the coins too difficult to handle and that the graders are "very careful" about fingerprints.
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The first picture shows how they INDEPENDENTLY grade the coins. You know darn well that they talk amongst themselves about the nicer coins. A coin is either "talked up" or "talked down". I can just hear it, "Hey Bill, check out this beauty, it's a 67 all day long. But, I'll let you decide INDEPENDENTLY
<< <i>ACG's use of the sonic sealer at their table at shows was one of the reasons they were banned by several of the large shows. First they were forced to the back of the room and then eventually denied a table at all. The sealing machine produces a loud piercing screech. >>
Yep, I have heard their screech machine before as well.
<< <i>The sound emitted from such devices isn't particularly lound, but it is so high pitched that it almost hurts to hear it IF you can hear it (think dog whistle). >>
I find dog whistles to be very loud and quite annoying.
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I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
Mary
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<< <i>Anyone know who the three graders are?---------BigE >>
Contoursi, Hall, and Dorkarl.
<< <i>Anyone know who the three graders are?---------BigE >>
It's the pep boys! (larry curly and moe) The auto parts industry hasn't been very good to them and they have been forced to take other jobs in a perpetually black and white world.
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<< <i>I wonder how much the workers make in a year >>
$250,000/year. This has been discussed before.