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<p>[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1212185, member: 22004"]I have even heard this "theory" from seasoned PNG dealers. It is impossible to know one way or another unless there were an insider who gave illumination on the issue. To say that since the TPGs started there has been no lack of objectivity in grading is quite a stretch. I would guess that objectivity is good now but not absolute. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example: Some company submits 25 rare coins, every one of them is over $10K in value. The graders see them in sequence. Are you saying there is no effect of sequential coins one after another by association?</p><p><br /></p><p>Conversly, someone with a reputation for submitting problem, doctored, or lasered coins submits a number of those together, along with some nice, original, PQ coins. Are you saying that there is no "guilt by association"?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1212185, member: 22004"]I have even heard this "theory" from seasoned PNG dealers. It is impossible to know one way or another unless there were an insider who gave illumination on the issue. To say that since the TPGs started there has been no lack of objectivity in grading is quite a stretch. I would guess that objectivity is good now but not absolute. For example: Some company submits 25 rare coins, every one of them is over $10K in value. The graders see them in sequence. Are you saying there is no effect of sequential coins one after another by association? Conversly, someone with a reputation for submitting problem, doctored, or lasered coins submits a number of those together, along with some nice, original, PQ coins. Are you saying that there is no "guilt by association"?[/QUOTE]
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