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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 475645, member: 15445&quot;]<b>It&#039;s all good</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Quote:</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Originally Posted by <b>Collect89</b> <a href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?p=475558#post475558" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?p=475558#post475558" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.cointalk.org/images/buttons/viewpost.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><i>A coin is submitted to the TPG &amp; they put a photograph of it into the database. The computer spits out possible matches from the data base which have previously been graded. The finalizer immediately determines that this coin has previously been at the TPG before &amp; knows the previously applied grade. Is this technology good or bad?</i></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">First off, I am not aware of anyone indicating that this information will be used as you suggest. But even if it were, I would view it as a good thing.... </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">One of the biggest problems with TPG grading, in my opinion, is that over time all coins tend to get into the &quot;maximum&quot; grade (i.e. overgraded) holder. If the TPGs were to use this information to limit this phenomenon, I would, personally, view this as a good thing....Mike</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><i>Last edited by Leadfoot; Today at <span style="color: #666686">02:26 PM</span>. </i></font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">&nbsp;</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I think it is all good. For many years I have been asking the guys at PCGS and NGC if they utilize the ability to compare a new submission to photographs of previously submitted coins. Historically, the answer has always been NO.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">It will be interesting to see how the public uses (and abuses) the database. Maybe Mr. Public will like to compare his coin to others in the database &amp; maybe even find his own coin in a previous slab. Maybe Mr. Public will be buying a coin from some Ebay scammer &amp; then discover that it is a picture of his own slab. It&#039;s all good. </font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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