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What is your hit to miss ratio/ percentage ?
TwoSides2aCoin
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Here, for me it's close to 95% hits (make the grade)
And about 50% misses. That is; Grading lower (usually) or higher (rarely) than expected.
There's that margin for error , too.
Less than 5% go "genuine" or "no grade".
Practice never makes it perfect , in this realm.
And about 50% misses. That is; Grading lower (usually) or higher (rarely) than expected.
There's that margin for error , too.
Less than 5% go "genuine" or "no grade".
Practice never makes it perfect , in this realm.
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I add a grade for ownership. All coins I send are raw, I grade them myself.
No good. Most of the time I'm one grade low. Maybe subconsciously
I add a grade for ownership.
95%+ of the time I know what PCGS will grade a coin, and about 70% of the time I agree with their grade (higher or lower, in each direction).
I've had coins I grade a 62+/63, come back 64, and a coin I grade MS63 on the best of days come back 65, and on the other side coins I grade a 62-63, come back 58 or even 55?
Anyhow, I'm seldom surprised as they are fairly consistent in their grading these days, and while I agree with their grade 70% of the time, I know what it will grade 95%+ of the time
One coin that caught my attention recently, in the shop, had me pondering "hits" and "misses" from previous submissions.
And so looking at the coin from different angles, I ask myself: Does 50% white imply that the holder or the coin is that way ? Maybe Franklins hair , later on in life ?
If I were to submit this, I suspect it would go PR 64 without mention of anything else. Or, possibly genuine because of the color ?
None of them had any business being slabbed.
3 graded lower than I thought.
1 was "Genuine". Was looking for a P01.
In summary........ Not very good.
P.S.
I'd like to think that I've learned my lesson.
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
Back in 2002-2003 I used to buy a lot of 68-71 proof sets on eBay trying to make DCAM cents and halves.
If you look at the pop reports, 95% of the PR66-PR68 Kennedy's are ones that I made
I was a wannabe Russ and MadMarty
52-D $5 I guessed 40, went 45
15-S $10, I guessed 61, went 58 - cracked and resubmit
40 $5, I guessed 53, went 55
01-s 50c, I guessed 45, went 50
61-C $5 N45, crossed at grade.
Latin American Collection
As for your question- rarely do I bother with crossing.
As for raw submissions, I have missed sometimes and that seems to follow the subjective nature of grading (If we are truly honest about the process)
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The PCI 61 Franklin should not be sent in for grading at all. The grading cost is more than what the coin is worth. Certainly not the kind of color that adds big money.
My grade or TPG Grade, PCGS grade
RAW MS 64 RED MS 64 RED Hit
ANACS AU 58 BRN MS 63 R&B Miss
PCGS AU 53 BRN AU 58 BRN Miss
PCGS MS 64 R&B MS 64 R&B Hit
NGC MS 64 R&B MS 64 R&B Hit
RAW MS 65 RED MS 67+RED Miss
ANACS MS 64 RED MS 64 RED Hit
ANACS MS 64 RED MS 64 RED Hit
ANACS MS 64 RED MS 64 RED Hit
RAW MS 63 R&B MS 64 R&B Miss
RAW MS 63 BRN GENUINE cleaning Miss
RAW MS 64 R&B MS 65 R&B Miss
ANACS MS 64 RED MS 66 RED Miss
ANACS MS 64 RED MS 66 RED Miss
NGC PR 68 RED PR 67 RED Miss
RAW PR 65 RED PR 65 RED Hit
RAW Genuine scratch GD 04 BRN Miss
RAW MS 63 R&B MS 63 R&B Miss
PCGS Genuine Cleaning MS 63 R&B Miss
RAW MS 65 RED MS 64 RED Miss
Overall, I think their service has made me much more discerning on my choices when buying.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.