Seated Dime weights....?

KoinKollector

When will PCGS come out w/ the weighting scheme for these babies? How exactly do they come up with their weights?? They arnt using pop reports...are they???

kyleknap

There are a grand total of four sets registered in that category. I'm afriad you aren't terribly high on PCGS's priority list as of now.

Kyle

KoinKollector

I didnt ask for comentary.... thanks tho.
Do you know anything to share about the weighting scheme?

DeepCoin

I haven't heard anything about the Seated Dimes weighting, but I would guess they will be out right around the same time as the Mercury set. Who knows what the future is in terms of which series they do. I am hoping all the Mercury traffic on this board will accelerate when the Mercury series is done. I say that knowing I will drop due to my collecting the series backwards from the end (mostly). But it will be good to know which ones are weighted more.

KoinKollector

I just have this creeping feeling that PCGS is gonna totally screw the weighting thingy...

Do they reward condition rarities?
I see with the Lincolns they give bonuses for RD and stuff...

kyleknap

They work it like this (I think)

Each coin is "weighted" on a scale of 1 to 10, by absolute rarity. A "10" coin counts 10 times as much as a "1" coin. So, 10 "1" coins are equal to 1 "10" coins in the registry, assuming they are of the same grade.

So, not much regard to condition rarity, but the scarce dates will really shoot you up there!

Kyle

KoinKollector

So they give condition ratity bonuses to Lincolns but not seated Dimes?
Now... What constitutes a 8 from a 9, a 7 from a 8, and so on. Where do they get their rarity figures from??