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OnedollarnohollarOnedollarnohollar Posts: 2,035 ✭✭✭✭
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Curious to know if, among all of the graders at PCGS, is there ONE that stands out as the toughest grader??

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As in all things, there is a spectrum. You are unlikely to ever get an answer to your question, but I am sure it is known internally at the company. Cheers, RickO

  • Desert MoonDesert Moon Posts: 6,102 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    If one grader stands out as the toughest, by too much for too long, he might end up standing out in the cold, elsewhere.😉

    Or she?

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If there is, I'm nonplussed... ;)

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,879 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd imagine that the older, more experienced ones are a little bit more critical.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another? I’d imagine consensus in grading standards is the goal and outliers rare.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 15,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TurtleCat said:
    How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another? I’d imagine consensus in grading standards is the goal and outliers rare.

    Presumably, individual grades are recorded and internal reports available.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,506 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 25, 2020 9:49AM

    @TurtleCat said:
    How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another?

    It’s easy if you’re PCGS management and you have access to the data. It’s also possible, if you submit enough coins, to make some good guesses based on how your coins get graded when you know certain graders are on vacation, or at shows when you know which graders are there for walkthroughs.

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  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @TurtleCat said:
    How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another? I’d imagine consensus in grading standards is the goal and outliers rare.

    Presumably, individual grades are recorded and internal reports available.

    I’m sure but I don’t think we could see them...

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:

    @TurtleCat said:
    How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another?

    It’s easy if you’re PCGS management and you have access to the data. It’s also possible, if you submit enough coins, to make some good guesses based on how your coins get graded when you know certain graders are on vacation, or at shows when you know which graders are there for walkthroughs.

    For those of us who don’t work there we wouldn’t see such things.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 15,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TurtleCat said:

    @MFeld said:

    @TurtleCat said:
    How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another? I’d imagine consensus in grading standards is the goal and outliers rare.

    Presumably, individual grades are recorded and internal reports available.

    I’m sure but I don’t think we could see them...

    True, but your question was “How would anyone know....”. So I thought you were unaware that the grading companies would have ways to know.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Snidely Whiplash.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,506 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TurtleCat said:

    @MrEureka said:

    @TurtleCat said:
    How would anyone know if a grader is “tougher” than another?

    It’s easy if you’re PCGS management and you have access to the data. It’s also possible, if you submit enough coins, to make some good guesses based on how your coins get graded when you know certain graders are on vacation, or at shows when you know which graders are there for walkthroughs.

    For those of us who don’t work there we wouldn’t see such things.

    You don’t have to work there. You just have to be friends with people who work there. Or with their friends. And it would help to compare notes with other people gathering the same intel.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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