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<p>[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 7470229, member: 87737"]What I find to be interesting is that only 1 person guessed the grade correctly, with none going over, 83.3% 2 grades lower, and most being 3 grades lower. And the one person is "Sweet on Commems".</p><p><br /></p><p>This begs the following questions;</p><ul> <li>Is PCGS over-grading by so much?</li> <li>Are my photos so bad?</li> <li>Do I buy horrifically over-graded coins?</li> <li>Do CT'ers just not (for the most part) understand early commems (this has been typical of my Commemorative GTG's)</li> <li>Are GTG's so skewed by early guesses that the coin becomes irrelevant?</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>I doubt PCGS is that far off, because if they are, then CAC is too, and both entities become a worthless premium, and an embarrassment to the numismatic world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think my photos (and in this case subsequent videos) show the coin in it's truest state, so I'll rule that out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sure as heck hope I don't buy ridiculously over-graded coins. I like to think I know a little about what I'm collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm.... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie70" alt=":panda:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293632[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 7470229, member: 87737"]What I find to be interesting is that only 1 person guessed the grade correctly, with none going over, 83.3% 2 grades lower, and most being 3 grades lower. And the one person is "Sweet on Commems". This begs the following questions; [LIST] [*]Is PCGS over-grading by so much? [*]Are my photos so bad? [*]Do I buy horrifically over-graded coins? [*]Do CT'ers just not (for the most part) understand early commems (this has been typical of my Commemorative GTG's) [*]Are GTG's so skewed by early guesses that the coin becomes irrelevant? [/LIST] I doubt PCGS is that far off, because if they are, then CAC is too, and both entities become a worthless premium, and an embarrassment to the numismatic world. I think my photos (and in this case subsequent videos) show the coin in it's truest state, so I'll rule that out. I sure as heck hope I don't buy ridiculously over-graded coins. I like to think I know a little about what I'm collecting. Hmmm.... :panda: [ATTACH=full]1293632[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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