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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2816669, member: 24314"]baseball21, posted: I believe one of the PCGS grading videos they said the graders use 5x-7x for grading and up to 20x for authentication. It was a general comment though not specific to moderns and I want to say that they said most use 5."</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [USER=76863]@baseball21[/USER] Do you ever go to the movies? I've been on tours through several grading rooms (not PCGS as CA is going to drop into the sea one day) and I can say for a fact that I have not seen one white glove except in brochures and videos. Hand lenses are there but I've never seen a "modern" grader use one while I was in the room. </p><p><br /></p><p>My comments cover decades up until perhaps five years ago. That was the last time (NGC) I looked in on their foreign grading room. Times change, perhaps they all use hand lenses on every modern coin but I doubt it very seriously. Hopefully, a member here has been inside NGC or PCGS and can enlighten us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2816669, member: 24314"]baseball21, posted: I believe one of the PCGS grading videos they said the graders use 5x-7x for grading and up to 20x for authentication. It was a general comment though not specific to moderns and I want to say that they said most use 5." :rolleyes: [USER=76863]@baseball21[/USER] Do you ever go to the movies? I've been on tours through several grading rooms (not PCGS as CA is going to drop into the sea one day) and I can say for a fact that I have not seen one white glove except in brochures and videos. Hand lenses are there but I've never seen a "modern" grader use one while I was in the room. My comments cover decades up until perhaps five years ago. That was the last time (NGC) I looked in on their foreign grading room. Times change, perhaps they all use hand lenses on every modern coin but I doubt it very seriously. Hopefully, a member here has been inside NGC or PCGS and can enlighten us.[/QUOTE]
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