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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 448153, member: 112&quot;]Ruben do you realize what the mechanics of grading at a TPG are ? NGC for example grades 150,000 coins a month. Now that isn&#039;t 30 days as you might think. First of all there are only 23,24 working days in a month. Then you have to subtract the days the graders go to coin shows. Let&#039;s say that&#039;s 5 to 6 days a month. That leaves them with 18 days to grade 150,000 coins. And NGC or PCGS has, (someone can correct me if I am wrong) 8 or 9 graders each. And there are 4 of them in the grading room at a time, all grading each and every coin. Do the math.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yeah, and all 4 of them have to know how to grade any coin, not just one or two of them - all of them. Any coin that comes in they have to know how to grade it. And they also have to know how to tell if it is real or not, if it has been altered or not, if it has been harshly cleaned or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t something you just &quot;teach&quot; anybody. These people are experts who have spent their lives learning how to do this. Yeah there are a few who have the knack and they pick it up quickly and at a young age. But even they have been doing since they were kids - still takes years.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an art Ruben, it is not a science. And there is no measurement or instrument to help them. They just &quot;know&quot; their jobs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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