Are modern coins affecting grading strictness of classic coins?
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Maybe because some of my coins got graded at the "other" service but I was shocked at the tightness recently. Could that be an effect of all the near perfect modern coins most of the graders are looking at during January?
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Seems we have a way of looking back at 18th and 19th century coinage through modern eyes without the appreciation of how things were then.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
NGC is fairly tight right now.
Ideally, the grading standards should be consistent across the board and what applies to moderns should also apply equally to classics. Coining technology is already taken into account I believe, as is die state for older coins such as Large Cents, but probably for all series. Am I off base?
I knew it would happen.
There are no grading 'standards'...there are grading guidelines and stipulations.....Standards only exist when a subject is clearly defined and rigidly repeatable... There are time standards, weights and measures standards and many other clearly defined standards (Check the National Bureau of Standards). There are no standards beyond weight, dimension and content in numismatics. Cheers, RickO
In some regards grading is an art; in others it is a science in terms of significant verifiable levels based on long experience. http://www.pcgs.com/grades/ There are clearly exceptions to the usual rules, but they represent exceptions. And when cac stickers a coin with a cash offer behind it, clearly there is something objective in that.
Don't think so.
Eye appeal being one segment of the grading process allows for subjective results.