Guess the crossover grades.

That 1811 coin is a fantastic example. Even as the only one that "downgraded" slightly, I think you will do just fine. Though, I would have preferred it in the NGC plastic personally.

 

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Well, I won't argue if you are seeing a trend you can capitalize off of. I certainly do see that PCGS does, in many cases, bring in a better price than an NGC coin of same quality. And some people, regardless of whether it is really true or not, do seem to think that NGC grades a little higher than PCGS would, so the money is just not there on the stated grade.

As you can see without a true 'crossover' since you broke them free, PCGS did grade the 1811 lower. Which would 'support' that line of thought. But PCGS graded the second coin higher, which doesn't 'support' that line of thought. And on the last one, it's probably a good thing to get it into PCGS plastic just to capitalize off of the demand for coins in PCGS plastic vs ICG....plus you gained on it.

Keep looking for the trends.

 

1811/1818: Question for all the CBH aficionados, who got it right, NGC or PCGS?

 

I thought 40, 35, and 40

 

Man you are tough. 20 years ago when I was buying a lot of these I wouldn't have objected if the 1811 was described as XF. Its boderline gVF/low end XF in my eyes, but since it was an 11 I wouldn't have thrown too much a fuss.

I thought I was a pretty tough grader.

 

Seems so obvious and yet still needs to be said lol... I don't have anything against TPG's per se but I prefer to trust my own eyes when deciding which coins to spend my money on. If anything I tend to avoid PCGS graded coins because they can get to be overpriced just because of perception of their grading reputation (which I'm not denying is a good one; just that I don't consider it worth paying extra for lol...). The only person's opinion that matters to me in the end when deciding what coins I'm going to buy, is my own.

 

This part is a jewel. I think you are absolutely right on this perception of how most folks grade coins.

Oh it matches what it says for AU-50, but never consider does it match all the criteria from grades below that one.

So I guess grading is cumulative in a way???

 

Yes and no. You are the one Doug who always says every coin is unique, right? So, any standards are generally used, knowing on occasion there will be coins that will not exactly meet the criteria, but overall do. I think you know I am one who hates grade inflation as well, but given the attractiveness of that coin overall, and how empirically to my eye it is a classic borderline vf/xf coin, I simply do not object to a grade of 40. 45 I would be all over arguing how its overgraded, but low end XF I am ok with. To my eyes, its a VF37 or an XF38. But, in the end, its in the eye of the buyer, (or should be). Still a pretty coin for an 11.

 

I'd have called the NGC grades of xf 45 for the 1811 and the vf 30 for the 1818 accurate and I'd have graded the 1836 an xf 40 it seems the tpgs can vary as much as 10 points especially for certain series of coins

 

I have no idea on the grades, but I'm quite jealous of your pictures. They are amazing!

 

In my opinion none of the tpgs got them all correct. I personally think on some of the coins I collect PCGS gets more right that NGC. That is just a personal opinion and I do not consider myself an expert grader.

 

Just an above average one by far .