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Anyone signing up for the grading contest at FUN?
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Saw the email where PCGS was running a contest to grade 20 coins, with the winner getting a MS-65 Saint! Is anyone here going to FUN and signing up? Is there any chance something like this could be posted online for those who can't make FUN? Of course grading from images is far trickier than seeing in hand, but it would be cool just for fun and bragging rights. Maybe those 20 could be posted after the winner has been picked? Just a thought...
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<< <i>Saw the email where PCGS was running a contest to grade 20 coins, with the winner getting a MS-65 Saint! Is anyone here going to FUN and signing up? Is there any chance something like this could be posted online for those who can't make FUN? Of course grading from images is far trickier than seeing in hand, but it would be cool just for fun and bragging rights. Maybe those 20 could be posted after the winner has been picked? Just a thought... >>
It'd be great if PCGS had an online branch of the contest!
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Wouldn't miss it.
If, as we all know, the same coin can and does receive a different assigned grade from PCGS on different submissions, I'm not sure how a grading competition could possibly accurately derive a winner.
<< <i>Since grading is supposedly subjective, what is the standard being used to determine a "winner"?
If, as we all know, the same coin can and does receive a different assigned grade from PCGS on different submissions, I'm not sure how a grading competition could possibly accurately derive a winner. >>
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<< <i>Since grading is supposedly subjective, what is the standard being used to determine a "winner"?
If, as we all know, the same coin can and does receive a different assigned grade from PCGS on different submissions, I'm not sure how a grading competition could possibly accurately derive a winner. >>
The coins will have already been graded by PCGS (but grades omitted from the insert tags). The "contest" is actually to see who comes closest to agreeing with PCGS.