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constructing a grading set

HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭

has anyone done this ? I was thinking of putting together major grades of morgans (they're cheap and easy to grade image)

note: this is NOT a solicitation to buy or sell or anything

#1) Im just curious how difficult this is
#2) Im not sure if Im going it yet

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  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,136 ✭✭✭✭
    Great idea. The only issue is where is the cut off from 64 to 65 to 66 etc. If you lined up 100 coins and asked 10 people to put them in order of quality, not 2 folks would be even close to the same order.

    The cut off line for each grade seems to change from time to time. If it never changed and all coins were similar we'd need no grading service and there would be no crack outs or upgrades.

    You'll have a good grading set for a period of time, them it'll be out of date.
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  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭
    yeah, the suggestion was to have them the same grading service and to sit with them as possible side by side to make sure I dont have an over or undergraded slab....
  • ar18ar18 Posts: 1,122
    I am doing so with 1942 D/D horizontal jefferson nickels.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    If you assemble such a set, better have

    moveable numbers on each specimin. They

    do tend to change somewhat with time.image
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    Camelotimage

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