From NGC details grade to PCGS XF-40...
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This sort of thing happens all the time, I know, but I rarely see it in my area.
NGC Details grade in January FUN sale
PCGS XF-40 in Sacramento ANA sale
Based on the photos, I would have guessed that it would grade. The buyer looks to triple his money in a short time.
NGC Details grade in January FUN sale
PCGS XF-40 in Sacramento ANA sale
Based on the photos, I would have guessed that it would grade. The buyer looks to triple his money in a short time.
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There was also a a thread recently with a coin that was ngc details graded and then crossed to pcgs and got a CAC sticker.
Edited to add previous link another gold piece
Gary
<< <i>Someone at NGC needs to learn to grade gold better. Pricey mistake and it causes someone to loose money. I'd be Mad >>
If NGC grades a coin higher than PCGS, they get ripped for not being conservative enough in their grading. If NGC grades a coin lower than PCGS, they get ripped for no knowing how to grade and costing somebody money.
Is that about right?
Rhetorical questions: 1) Is it at all possible that NGC got it right, and PCGS made an error? 2) Is it at all possible that on another submission, PCGS might bb the coin?
I mean- people resubmit PCGS graded coins and get different results from the original opinion (if the posts here are to be believed, anyway), so it's not like PCGS never changes their mind, right?
<< <i>The coin is the same. The losers here are the people who buy labels. >>
I have seen plenty of NGC/PCGS genuine ungraded coins that look(at least to me)problem free and gradable.
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The coin looks like a decent coin to me, one that usually would grade but occasionally does not. In person, one can make that determination. In my opinion, it is too risky to buy such coins sight unseen.
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<< <i>Someone at NGC needs to learn to grade gold better. Pricey mistake and it causes someone to loose money. I'd be Mad >>
Then again what would it take to be reasonably sure what was right? A panel of experts?
I've probably run... hmmm... 50-60% on getting my "Genuine" coins into graded holders second try. In my experience it's a crapshoot.
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The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
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few XF40 coins have luster, do they?
Bruce
<< <i>The second set of images make the coin look much more attractive.
Bruce >>
If you are referring to the in-the-slab photos in the PCGS holders, I have founds these to be a very good representation of the appearance of the coin, of late, such that I am comfortable bidding on and purchasing lower value coins (until I get burned).
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I'd agree. Hairlining seems to show up pretty well on coins photographed through PCGS holders. (This judging from photos of coins I own). I wonder why, something about the way the plastic refracts?
The corrolary is that sometimes I see a photo that just looks "flat" and I think maybe it's been taken in a way that the hairlines aren't visible. To these, I be wary.
Based on the XF-40 slab photo (assuming it is accurate), it is an unimpressive coin, though it is the key to the series.
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