Question about grading and pop numbers...

drddm

How soon after PCGS gets a coin (not grades it, since we don't know when EXACTLY that takes place) do they change the pop numbers if your coin has been added to it?

Any clues?

Thanks

drddm

BTW, I submitted it through the Regular Grading service (15 days), not economy service.

Thanks

tradedollarnut

weekly ... after it's been graded and entered on the computer.

ModernDollarNut

<< <i>weekly ... after it's been graded and entered on the computer. >>



Question: how long does it take for PCGS to DROP a pop when they downgrade a coin? Example: a colleague recently had his MS67 Wide Rim SBA dropped from MS67 to MS66. The pop was 9, now it should read 8. Just curious (and a bit greedy, sorry Larry!).

LincolnsRule

The pop report is updated around 3 am or something Monday mornings (I used to stay up late too often). Maybe Tuesday if Monday is a holiday.

As for downgrades, I'll let you know as I just had 9 coins downgraded. They haven't confirmed the buyout offers yet, and they're still in my reg set with the old grade and pop.

drddm

Anyone interested, I just noticed that PCGS upgrades the REGISTRY pop numbers BEFORE their pop reports.

Just go to someone's registry set who has the grade you are inquiring about and it will likely be different than the pop reports if it has changed recently (within the past week, since PCGS upgrades the pop report every Monday).

Not sure, but maybe PCGS' computer system is tied into the REGISTRY pop numbers so that when they enter a final grade on a newly graded coin, the pop numbers on the registry sets IMMEDIATELY reflect it.

Interesting, huh?

drddm

The same holds true for downgrades as well....I just checked.