How far will the TPGs go??!??

Didn't you mean Metric Standard 6'8"

 

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Say what you want about the TPG's but they have saved the
hobby from rampant over grading and counterfeit coins. The hobby
pre TPG 1986 was buyer beware. That for the most part has
been corrected. With the posts I see here and on other forums
the TPG's are the best thing that has happened to the hobby
since the invention of photography.

 

finest known? it'll auction for six figures, easy.

 

It still is.

 

It is for un-authenticated $100+ coins. For coins bought thru the mail,
TPG's have made collecting much easier. All collectors should be able to
grade coins that they collect regularly without TPG assistance. Overall the
TPG's have made buying and selling coins sight un-seen or in hand much
much easier. Yes, it still is "buyer beware" but thanks to the TPG's
it is less so.

 

Please explain.

 

This thread is a joke. You missed the joke.

 

They should, but most don’t.

 

I realize that it was meant to be a joke. But many members here are
unsatisfied with TPG's overall. My suggestion would be to find another
hobby. I just pointed out how much TPG's in general have helped the
hobby.

 

read it literally, the Joke is 'on' you

 

In all seriousness, I just wanted to add that OGP grading may eventually become a thing... I found this, a prominent TPG for trading cards and other collectible memorabilia, PSA, graded this packaging as a Gem Mint 10 and it's going for $7,999.99.



I can see people really wanting to get something like the 1925 Lexington-Concord commemorative half dollar's wooden OGP box graded:

 

Hmm. I was all ready to point and laugh at the first item you posted, but the second brought me up short.

After thinking about it for a few minutes, I guess there's a case to be made for assigning an official condition to something like that (a rare and historically interesting display package) -- but it's not numismatic grading, and if I were making business decisions at a TPG (shudder), I think I'd find it too much of a stretch.

But I'm not in that sort of position (for many good reasons), and TPGs have done other things that have baffled me. So, sure, why not?

 

Well, PCGS has assigned ACTUAL NUMERIC GRADES to sandpaper, nails, and glass... Nothing seems to stop them from just making up the rules of grading as they go.

 

The sand paper and nail these are completely blatant and employee assisted.
The experimental glass cents definitely part of numismatic history and related.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1...1-6170.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

Sandpaper already has a nice grading scale. Just visit your local hardware store.

 

I was making the point that PCGS was assigning a numerical grade meant for grading metal coins to a piece of glass.

I wasn't arguing whether it was or was not a relevant piece of numismatic history.

The same idiocy applies to grading rubber tokens or porcelain notgeld or paper scrip using the same scale as if they were metal coins. If you want to slab a piece of sandpaper, fine. But it's not a metal coin, so why assign it an "MS64" grade...as if some standard exists to differentiate MS64 from MS65 for a piece of sandpaper.

 

Seems I missed the direction you were headed to. Still these IMO deserve a grading scale depending on their preservation. Ie chips in the glass, clarity of the devices etc.

 

OOOHH! Thanks. I was that guy ↓

before you helped me out there.
Thanks.

 

Buy the tree not the slab