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If someone has a pop. 1 coin....

HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,720 ✭✭✭✭✭
..should it automatically qualify for a + designation, especially since there are no other coins in it's grade bracket to compare it to? If not, why not?! Take into account the pop. 1, 1901-S MS68 Barber Quarter with the + that DH had to show us, what did PCGS use to compare it to?

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  • I would agree with that. You will have to ask one of the big bosses.
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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,386 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1- You never know if another coin could come along
    2- Just because a grade doesn't exist for one date doesn't mean it doesn't exist for another.
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,078 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, it should not receive a + automatically. PCGS graders have a substantially deeper knowledge of grading than most anyone on this board or otherwise in the hobby-industry and PCGS as a company has a very specific idea of what constitutes a grade range. Therefore, a pop one coin would fit somewhere within the upper and lower levels of the grade range that PCGS has determined and the PCGS graders would be well aware of this range.
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  • Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭


    << <i>No, it should not receive a + automatically. PCGS graders have a substantially deeper knowledge of grading than most anyone on this board or otherwise in the hobby-industry and PCGS as a company has a very specific idea of what constitutes a grade range. Therefore, a pop one coin would fit somewhere within the upper and lower levels of the grade range that PCGS has determined and the PCGS graders would be well aware of this range. >>



    Agreed

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