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Should Pop #s shown include a total graded?

JJacksJJacks Posts: 759 ✭
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For example,

If you have a 1934 Peace Dollar in MS66, the population numbers as of July 01 showed 34 at that grade and 2 higher.

If you have a 1984-D Lincoln Cent in MS67, the population numbers showed 34 at that grade and 3 higher.

Of couse, the Lincoln Cent only had 54 coins graded for that date total, where the 34 Peace $ had over 3000 coins graded, meaing the Peace in MS66 is in the top 1% of coins graded, but the 84-D Cent in 67 is just over the 30% area of coins graded.

I think it would be cool if PCGS would show the total # graded, or the # graded lower then a certain grade, or maybe even a general percentile (at least as an option).

What do others think of this?

JJacks



Always buying music cards of artists I like! PSA or raw! Esp want PSA 10s 1991 Musicards Marx, Elton, Bryan Adams, etc. And 92/93 Country Gold AJ, Clint Black, Tim McGraw PSA 10s

Comments

  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    I think you may be trying to glean more information from the pop reports than they can meaningfully provide.

    That Peace dollar has enough value even in MS60 that someone might slab it, while the cent is virtually worthless in lower grades. So, only high-grade cents will be submitted, skewing the grades upward from what they are in the raw population.
    imageLibertarian Party
  • BowAxeBowAxe Posts: 143 ✭✭
    All that information is given in the population reports for each coin. Do you mean you think it should also be given in the individual sets? If so, I think it would clutter up the sets too much. People can always go to the pop reports to get the additional information.
  • JJacksJJacks Posts: 759 ✭

    BowAxe,

    What I mean is in the Registry set listings. It only has the # graded at that level and the # graded higher. The population report does show all grades like you mention.

    JJacks

    Always buying music cards of artists I like! PSA or raw! Esp want PSA 10s 1991 Musicards Marx, Elton, Bryan Adams, etc. And 92/93 Country Gold AJ, Clint Black, Tim McGraw PSA 10s
  • manscomansco Posts: 229 ✭
    An interesting idea. But I think it would clutter up the set listing pages. What I'd like to see is a simple way to be able to download set information, the price guide, and the population report so that you could integrate them "offline".
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    I agree. There's only so much information that you can put on a page without it becoming all cluttered up. I like it the way it is. I think it's a good idea, but just not asteticly implimentable. image

    David
    Lincolncentman Toned Lincolns
  • BullionEaglesBullionEagles Posts: 22
    If they cluttered up the registry sets with all that info, how could they sell the pop report.
    They are losing sales now, because you can lookup most coins and find the pop.

    George
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