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Message:: [QUOTE="iPen, post: 2380099, member: 69760"]I was checking up on one of my submissions to NGC and it's on the "Grading/Quality Control" phase. NGC describes this phase as when: <blockquote>Coins are graded, encapsulated, and re-examined by a grader to make certain that their labels are correct for both the grade and its accompanying descriptive information. He also inspects each coin for any flaws on its holder, such as scuffs or nicks. </blockquote>Is that order correct, in that the coins are graded and encapsulated after the first grader, then re-examined by a second grader? I always thought it was two graders who viewed the coin independently (so as not to create bias by showing the first grader's grade) as a raw coin. If it was encapsulated after the first grader, then wouldn't that also cause inconvenience if they don't agree with the grade and the third grader says that the grade should be different from what the slabbed label says? Or, does this Grading/QC phase simply mean that a third person grades and checks the coin? Logically, I'm thinking that it's the first two graders who grade the coin raw, and this Grading/QC phase is where a third grader comes in. But, maybe it's not how this whole TPG business works... Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]