an example of why I'd like to see + grades for low circs.

DennisH · August 26, 2011 7:16AM

It's amazing what gets into holders at the low end of the grading scale, and I think this comparison illustrates disturbingly why the recent + attribution approach should be applied to much lower grades than it is currently.

This is a PCGS Good-06 that I posted in another thread about a week ago:

This is an ANACS VG-08 in an upcoming Teletrade auction (no, it's not in a "details" holder):

This is a PCGS Good-06 in an upcoming Teletrade auction:

LindeDad · August 26, 2011 7:51AM

There might be the reason I and several others thought it might be an 8.

blu62vette · August 26, 2011 8:19AM

I could see the reason...

coinkat · August 30, 2011 11:45AM

agreed... and your examples are compelling

And I am not writing that because I was one of the people that thought VG8 was reasonable- especially because of the rims.

Pictures connect all the dots... well done

messydesk · August 30, 2011 12:13PM

Sheldon defines VG7 and G5. Perhaps these coins are case for TPGs using these grades if they can establish a distinction among the neighboring grades, even if only in some series.

HoledandCreative · August 30, 2011 5:27PM

Maybe a 100 or 200 point scale instead of pluses and minuses?

scotty1419 · August 30, 2011 9:41PM

I've heard the 100-point scale mentioned before. Does that mean everyone would start speaking in percentages? "Oh, that's a 75%er" or "Oh, a beautiful coin! That's a 90!"

WestySteve · August 30, 2011 10:42PM

Part of the problem is that the pricing inherent in the original idea behind Sheldon's scale works.

For example, if a G-4 is a $400 coin, and a VG-8 is an $800 coin, then you'd expect a "6" to be a $600 coin.

You can use the lower grade pricing structure to do some dead reckoning like that.

But here's the problem...the difference between G4 and G6 is a 50% jump! Every single little tiny point is a huge leap percentage-wise.

Steve

georgiacop50 · August 31, 2011 12:01AM

Yes.

Check out this 1897-o 25c on Teletrade.

While your at TT page, click on the linky thing that shows past auctions of the same date. The examples provided are graded VF20 but look pretty much like the Fine 15.

So the F15 example is clearly deserving of a plus grade.

an example of why I'd like to see + grades for low circs.

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