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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24874540, member: 24314&quot;]GoldFinger1969, posted: &quot;But are a fluorescent light and a scope going to be used on the assembly line that is today&#039;s TPGs ?&nbsp; I wonder....&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30059">No, probably not. However, at NGC I was granted permission to have and use both on my desk in addition to the usual 100W incandescent bulb.&nbsp; Therefore, I&#039;ve never been concerned about what others do </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d have no problem wagering my coin&#039;s grade if you were grading it, Insider.&nbsp; But what about some kid who dabbled in coins....took some courses....and got a job at a TPG and has been on the job for a few years ?&nbsp; No way all the TPG graders have the knowledge that someone like you does or even some of the posters here at CT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30059">We all started somewhere, and I&#039;ll guarantee that the young guys that get hired at the major services are grading champs (who will improve) pulled from coin dealer families and standouts at Summer Seminar.&nbsp; Our newest grader never had a class in his life and within two years he has reached professional level.&nbsp; Anyone can do it. I did.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30059">Grading a coin is easy.&nbsp; Putting a value on it is difficult.&nbsp; Learning to authenticate coins is what most cannot do mainly because they never looked at the surface of coins under very high magnification fifty years ago BEFORE FAKE US COINS GOT SO DECEPTIVE THAT THEY GET INTO SLABS!&nbsp; Thankfully, sooner or later even the best fakes become detected.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30059">PS&nbsp; [USER=73489]@GoldFinger1969[/USER]&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30059"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30059"><b><font size="6">Grading an AU coin AU is not technical grading! </font></b> It is &quot;correct grading&quot; when a coin is not Mint State. What has been going on in the grading business is just like saying any decent counterfeit coin is genuine because it looks genuine.</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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