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Old 03-08-2004, 04:13 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Well sir, I won't argue your opinion.

Grading will always be subjective.
PCGS, NGC, and every other service has altered their standards frequently.

The process is usually viewed by three graders and their collective opinion is the final grade.
Now if you resubmit your coin several times, the odds of the same coin being graded differently by the same service is pretty good.
We routinely resubmit coins. This is standard practice in the hobby.
If you really want good grades, go to a show and submit them for same day service.
We have had coins body bagged by PCGS that were cracked out of their holders. The same is said for coins that were body bagged once, and then certified by the same service.
On any given day of the week, all grading services will have an error in judgement. They are just people trying to do a good job.

Yes different grading services will be better and worse. This is just a fact. It still boils down to knowledge.

If you rely on the holder being correct, then your odds of being burnt increase. Every person that purchases a coin, should do their homework first. If you pass on a coin in a so called bad holder, then you are buying the holder and not the coin.

When we buy sight-unseen it is only from dealers that we have dealt with over time. It does not take long to develop good working relationships.
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