PCGS Grading Times

Patients!

PCGS is the premier grading service and it takes them extra time on tougher submissions to get the grade right.

@CalifornianKing said:

@Jimnight said:
Patients!

*Patience

@CalifornianKing said:

@ChrisH821 said:
19<20
Estimates are business days and the days don't start counting until the coins are logged in. I've had coins in encapsulation for over a week before. Worry not.

Coins were logged in 19 business days ago. I was expecting them to be shipped out on the 20th day mark or near it. And their still 2 steps away from that.

Don't put too much stock in the order status. Things can change in a very non-linear fashion. Everything will be fine, no need to stress out. I've had orders take a couple weeks longer than expected, and recently got an Economy submission back a few weeks early.

I sent 3 coins in at the Regular service Level. The coins got there on 7/9. They put them in their system on 7/13 and the grades posted yesterday. In Quality Check now.

There is always walkthru?

Actually, i am not sure why this isnt used as much for raw ( high dollar) stuff at a show. Maybe it is, years ago I was helping a big dealer that had just got in a 1797 half, another dealer was looking at it, and said if it holders, ill take it, so He ran it over to pcgs for the 4 hour show service and low and behold xf45. IMO, paying 200 for 80k coin to make sure it grades like you need it is sensible.

"estimated (adjective)
(of a value or number) roughly calculated; approximate."

I'm with you being impatient...trust me I'm as bad as the next guy; but you do need to understand the meaning of the word "estimate." Trying to hold them to a rigid timeline is futility...the only thing I've ever found helps is to give up...that usually gets the grades to post in a few hours.

@keets said:
time estimates aside, am I the only one that finds the entire grading flow-chart on my account "Submission" page a bit confusing?? the flow reads: Arrived - Received - Grading - Encapsulation - QA. we know that images are done when coins are raw, why does "Being Imaged" show up at QA, after encapsulation??

Could be the imaging step includes correlating the cert number with the images that have been taken of the coin and performing post-processing. This might be necessary if there is a bulk submission where only coins meeting a minimum grade are to be imaged. Crossovers also have a slightly different path in that the coins aren't available raw until after QA approves of the assigned grade (or failure to cross). In reality, the flow is a bit more complex than can be represented by a simple, linear chart. There are well-known decision points, and photography contains some processing that can be parallel to the rest of the flow. I doubt there'd be any value added or confusion mitigated in presenting a more complex, detailed flowchart.