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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JeffC, post: 7313555, member: 90913&quot;]When I think of a professional grader, I envision a person who is middle age or probably older.&nbsp; Throughout the week, many questions popped into my head.&nbsp; So here&#039;s my Friday night Q&amp;A.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; How do TPGs find experienced graders?</p><p>2.&nbsp; Do they have apprenticeship programs that foster and develop the necessary skills, and then promote from within?</p><p>3.&nbsp; If my premise about graders being older in age is correct, are the TPGs struggling to find well qualified replacements?</p><p>4.&nbsp; Generally, are numismatic professionals dwindling in number and thus becoming a supply issue for the TPGs?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would enjoy reading your thoughts about these.&nbsp; (No need to answer each question individually, of course.) I presume that a candidate who knows how to properly grade different types of coins (vs. one who specializes, say, in Morgans only) would be more desirable?&nbsp; How many among the general population know how to professionally grade coins? Probably less than 1/1,000th of 1%?&nbsp; So how do the TPGs find and recruit them?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278407[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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