Does anyone think there should be a short explaination of why a coin camne back with the grade it wa

gil

In other words if you submit a coin to one of the TPG and you get back a different grade than you hoped for or thought it would come back. should you get a small note or some info like " this coin graded ms64 because ......". just a short thing to help customers understand better.

Or do we just take the blind faith of the coin grading gods and accept whatever answer is given without any explaination.

any thoughts ?

relayer

Ummm... how would they know what grade you expected?

morgannut2

They'd know mine by adding a point----

Barndog

I don't send coins in for grading, but if I did I would appreciate some sort of explanation of grade. Even a short checklist as to what the coin had (e.g. "excessive bagmarks") or didn't have (e.g. luster) would be a beneficial service.

gil

They wouldn't know what grade you expected just a note explaining why they assigned it the grade they did. I.e "rim nick", "slight wear on breast feathers" just some small explaination.

itsnotjustme

It would also add to the cost of the service....

morganbarber

It would also open up a dialogue/argument. The first guy who got a checklist that said "due to bagmarks" or "due to lack of luster" would probably reply "what about my MSxx which has less luster, or whatever. I think that for a grade it should stand for itself. Bodybags are different.

Jcarney

Never happen. This would be something you could hold them to when standards "adjust".

RBinTex

At LEAST a "note" telling the submitter (i.e. the PAYER) what grade they believed it was if it didn't cross!

relayer

<< <i>At LEAST a "note" telling the submitter (i.e. the PAYER) what grade they believed it was if it didn't cross! >>

Amen to that. HRH said they were going to do that, but it never happened.



<< <i>They wouldn't know what grade you expected just a note explaining why they assigned it the grade they did. >>


Well you are paying for their opinion, and that's what you get. If it returns a MS64 it's because they think it's better than a 63 but not as good as a 65.
I think it would be easier to just include a discount coupon to attend an ANA grading seminar

ChangeInHistory

If I submitted coins regularly I'd like to have a brief note explaining the grade, but could you imagine the submission times if they had to do that for every coin? They only spend 3 seconds grading a coin, now add 20-30 seconds to assign a note to each one. Economy times would be measured in months, not days.

Fairlaneman

The "Explanation Tier" of grading. Maybe you have hit upon another money maker for TPG's. Of course this tier would be at the TPG's convience time wise.

Ken

ER

Yeah, like "We just felt like that today". Translate: Crack it out and resubmit.

zenny

<< <i>" this coin graded ms64 because ......". >>





it's not a 65?

Myqqy

Of course they should- especially if it bodybagged....

TorinoCobra71

If ask for a reason I am sure they will find some way to charge you for it. There goes the submission fees again... up, up, and away!

TorinoCobra71

ElKevvo

And also they would be helping you learn how to grade which might hurt business!

K

WTCG

<< <i>In other words if you submit a coin to one of the TPG and you get back a different grade than you hoped for or thought it would come back. should you get a small note or some info like " this coin graded ms64 because ......". just a short thing to help customers understand better.

Or do we just take the blind faith of the coin grading gods and accept whatever answer is given without any explaination.

any thoughts ? >>



If the grading companies provided a short explaination of why a grade was assigned would certainly be helpful, but there are too many coins to be graded and providing an explaination would consume too much time.

max911

Yes............ it would help the hobby.

ColonialCoinUnion

Not very practical, costly, time consuming, wildly subjective and bound to lead to endless debates and arguments.

I like it.

BECOKA

I have actually asked this to David Hall. I figure for $30 if a coin is returned we should get some kind of write up with it, especially since someone is looking at it and developing the write up of what they think in their head anyway. I don't remember the exact response but he said the only time this would happen is if it was sent in for a presidential review.

edited to add: We should get a write up even if the coin is slabbed.

BECOKA

Better yet, there should be a write up of every coin available online when the cert number is looked up.