The link says it's only in Shanghai Can't wait to see the difference between a common bronze grade 30 vs. 35
Not a fan of grading in the first place, even though I get mostly graded that I eventually crack out. I end up with graded since most of the auction houses here in the US (i.e Stacks and Heritage) slab the coins before putting them up. I like the old system--NGC for Ancients and PCGS for US.
Interesting. I don't mind slabs for modern coins but I usually crack out my ancients. I don't think the 70-point Sheldon scale will work well for ancients at all. I wonder why they didn't come up with their own ancients grade system like NGC did.
Update: the original post linked to the Chinese version, which is a 10 point scale. However, there is also a US version (more details will be released at the ANA show). The US version will use the 70 point scale. Here is a reddit thread on the topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/comments/1ur91d1/whos_excited_about_pcgs_ancients/
Some strange things here. The link to the ad shows slabs with coins graded on a 10-point scale. The PCGS slabs shown in the OP have coins graded on a 70-point scale. Kick-starting with the Tyrant collection is a good move. Should give a certain amount of confidence in the process. But the owner of the Tyrant collection lives in SoCal where the PCGS HQ is. Seems unlikely that if they are going to grade ancients, HQ would not be one site. Although nearly all of my U.S. and world coins are in slabs, my ancients are and will remain untombed. Mike
Please see my posts: the 10 point scale is being used at the PCGS offices in China while the 70 point scale will be used in the US.
Yup, you said it first, I missed it ... 10 pt vs 70 pt scales. Brings up some interesting scenarios. What if a 10 point slab is submitted for regrading to the U.S. office? What scale would be used and what would be the equivalent grades? Mathematical proportionality? Or would it be shipped to China for regrading? Mike
