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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 128977, member: 2761&quot;]From this article that GD linked:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;The best resources available to identify common-issue modern coins that are scarce or rare in high condition are the <b>grading service population reports</b>, which list the numbers of coins graded in each grade for both circulation strikes and Proof coins by issue. PCGS, Numismatic Guaranty Corp. and ANACS produce these reports several times a year. <b><span style="color: Red">Studying these reports is both revealing and surprising</span></b>.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Funny...I was taken&nbsp; to task when I did exactly that...which is to look at and study these very reports!</p><p><br /></p><p>When I did look at these reports and upon further review (a little football humor), when I posted conclusions that NGC hands out 5, 10, 15, 20 times MORE 70 grades than PCGS, you could of swore I committed treason!</p><p><br /></p><p>So...I would encourage all to look at these reports (especially PCGS and NGC).&nbsp; Since the liklihood that a modern coin would be cracked out an resubmitted again is almost nill, these reports can tell you a bunch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Study the amount of TOTAL submissions for a given coin and see how many 70 grades or (any high grade for that matter) were &#039;awarded&#039;.&nbsp; After all, if I were to submit a ASE Proof (for an example) for grading, I would definitely &quot;hope&quot; for a 70 grade, wouldn&#039;t you?&nbsp; So, if a given TPG received 1,000 submissions for a given coin and 500 were awarded a 70 grade, you can see that 50% of their submissions were awarded the 70 grade.&nbsp; Obviously, this all plays a part in prices realized and values in the free market.</p><p><br /></p><p>So as the article stated, study and look at these POP reports.&nbsp; Does one service &quot;hand out&quot; more MS67RD grades (i.e., Lincolns) than the next...all things being equal?&nbsp; Do you really beleive one TPG could receive 5, 10, 15, 20 times more 70 grade submissions than the other?&nbsp; See for yourself...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ngccoin.com/poplookup/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ngccoin.com/poplookup/" rel="nofollow">NGC population look up</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/login.chtml?universeid=313&amp;lmsg=&amp;lgoto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epcgs%2Ecom%2Fpopreport%2Findex%2Echtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/login.chtml?universeid=313&amp;lmsg=&amp;lgoto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epcgs%2Ecom%2Fpopreport%2Findex%2Echtml" rel="nofollow">PCGS population report</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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