NGC registry points

Hi everybody!
Friend of mine draw my attention to the way the NGC registry points are calculated. It looks like the UNC Details is half of the MS60 points; AU Details is half of the AU50 points and so on. The result is, that for example Fine-12 gives more points than UNC details.

What do you think, is it "fair"? Or where would you draw the line? I mean, in your opinion, what would be the equal clean grade for UNC details? Or AU details?

I personally would prefer clean AU53-AU58 over UNC details, but in case of clean XF vs UNC details I would probably take UNC details (at least most of the time).
I don't know much about US coins, but in case of the world coins XF usually means, that finer details on coins are worn off and permanently gone. If I want to investigate for example the smaller details of the coats of arms of the 19th century russian rouble, then UNC details gives me more information. I can see more "things".

Also, I can always crack the UNC details coin out, wear it in my pocket some time and then get clean AU or XF (or some lower) grade. It doesn't work vice versa, what's gone is gone. But the strange thing is, that it would give me probably more points in NGC registry set.

 

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This is not correct for any of the registry sets that I know of. I just looked up a few examples in the Mexico Charles III 8 reales set and UNC details will give more points than XF-40 but less than XF-45. AU details points are lower than XF-40 but higher than VF.

Most collectors would say don't even think about potential registry points when selecting coins. Quality trumps all.

 

Would you rather have NGC revert to the old system of body-bagging damaged coins?

Chris

 

For the sets that I seriously participate in, I strive for completeness more than points so allowing details coins in the registry is a boon. And beyond competition, the registry serves as a public source for someone wanting to see a specific example of a scarce or rare coin.

 

Now, if you really want to complain about something, then maybe you should rally the troops against the top-rated registry sets that don't have one single photo. As far as I'm concerned, those people are just a bunch of rich snobs who could care less about benefitting the hobby.

Chris