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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 2279345, member: 26030&quot;]If you did this, your eyes would be opened ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Take the same coin ... submit it to either PCGS or NGC ... you get a result back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crack the coin out and resubmit raw (again) ... and you get another result back</p><p><br /></p><p>Do this 10 times.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will end up with a SPREAD of grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>For mint state grades, your results might range as much as 2 or 3 points ... perhaps from MS63 to MS65, for example. </p><p><br /></p><p>Or for circulated graded maybe 5 to 8 points AU50 to AU55, for example. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin was colorfully toned, you might get a few &quot;Genuine - Questionable Color&quot; results tossed in ... as well as some problem free grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it&#039;s a copper coin, you will probably also get a spread of color classifications ... sometimes BN, sometimes RB, sometimes RD or DC.&nbsp; I have some PCGS DC coins that are CLEARLY RB. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately, when you submit a coin to a grading company its just an instantaneous opinion of 1 to 3 graders ... and opinions change (it might even depend on their mood, or perhaps the coins they saw just before yours, or what they had for lunch).</p><p><br /></p><p>So when you see a grade on a slab, realize that it&#039;s just an opinion and subject to change.</p><p><br /></p><p>it&#039;s probably even worse when you compare one grading company to another.&nbsp; One company&#039;s Proof 67 is another company&#039;s Proof 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side by side images are all the exact same coin by the way!</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that most grading company&#039;s try to get CLOSE to the true grade, but rarely hit it exactly.&nbsp; Grading is more of an art rather than a science.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1968s_NGC_PCGS.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1975S_NGC_PCGS.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/1832_compare.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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