Brian K Briggs
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Hello Coin World. I would like to express my gratitude for your dialogue in something that I am always excited to do. Looking and learning about money. Instead of throwing it away. So do the individuals who spend several thousands of dollars for a nickel ever visit these message boards? So now I will get right to it. Does anyone know if the professional graders use electron microscopes to capture our treasures digitally. Then write a computer program to grade the coin. I think we all could benefit. Any thoughts?
Brian
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Welcome to the boards!
PCGS grades all coins by hand.
Later, Paul.
Thanks Paul,
Are the coin images which sold at auction the actual coin that was sold?
Thanks
Brian
Artificial intelligence has made it to Mars but, still cannot read luster, I think... Are you a computer?
PCGS has a picture called a TruView which you can buy as an additional service when you send in to get coins graded. Auction house sometimes use these, but most take their own pictures.
Later, Paul.
Welcome to the board
I guess the images of the graded coins I have seen do not always match the graded level they were assigned. Is that possible?
Thanks,
Brian
It depends if they use 'stock photo' so read the listing description carefully
It is difficult to grade from photos; much easier to see everything when you have the coin "in hand".
By "graded", do you mean "slabbed" (PCGS, NGC, ANACS)?
Or do you mean a seller assigned grade for a nonslabbed coin on ebay?
Major auction houses (Heritage, Stack's Bowers, David Lawrence, Legend Regency, Great Collections) will always use photos of the actual coin being sold.
On ebay, the higher feedback sellers will use photos of the actual coin,
although there are a few sellers like APMEX which use stock photos.
If they do this, they are supposed to note it clearly in the description.
Welcome to the PCGS forum board !!!
Not sure what your reference for comparison is. Your personal judgement? Who is matching the image of the graded coin to an opinion of the graded level assigned?
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Welcome to the forum!
To partially answer your first question.
“So do the individuals who spend several thousands of dollars for a nickel ever visit these message boards?”
There are members on this board who spend well over that amount on a single coin. After you have read a little more you will know.
Have fun!
There is at least one of us who owned the famous 1913 Liberty nickel.
About $3 million if I recall correctly
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@BrianKBriggs... Welcome aboard.... Yes, there are members here who pay multiple thousands for coins... even millions. No, there is no computer grading - yet. And yes, there is often debate over assigned grades, because there is no defined standard for grades. There are skilled opinions from professional individuals trained to review coins. There are general descriptions of grades and one can learn enough to generally categorize coins within these parameters. Cheers, RickO
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Welcome! Yes, some collectors are wealthy enough to spend thousands of dollars for breakfast each morning. But don't fall into the trap thinking that the more you spend on coins, the 'better' you become as a numismatist. There are some very knowledgable folks on the Board that spend precious little on their coins (relative to the 'big' players).
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