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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 1356883, member: 24091&quot;]<b>,,..and then at the other extreme, check this one out...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Then at the other extreme, check this one out. MS64?? They&#039;ve got to be kidding!! At least an MS66, maybe even MS67. <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3354080-006" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3354080-006" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3354080-006" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3354080-006" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3354080-006" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3354080-006" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3354080-006</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, the grade on this coin is very reassuring for reasons I will explain. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the nice things about NGC graded coins, is that you can check their photos online, at least for coins in the newer holders. If you see a coin advertised by a dealer or on eBay, and the grade doesn&#039;t seem to match the coin, its a great resource to be able to see NGC&#039;s photos of the coin as well. This is especially true of coins that have been <i><b>undergraded </b></i>by NGC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the numeric code on NGC slabs correspond to the submission form used when the coins were sent in, it is possible to view all the other coins that were sent in for a single submission to see what kind of mood the grader was in that day. As anyone who has sent coins in for grading can attest, the grading is somewhat consistent across all the coins in a specific submission. This seems to be especially true of NGC, though my own experience suggests its true of PCGS as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>What happens is that nearly all the coins in a submission come back graded within a narrow band of grades, especially in mint state. Either all the coins are somewhat liberally graded, or all the coins are somewhat conservatively graded. Sometimes they get it right, and every single coin is graded as I would expect. By way of example, have a look at the other 7 coins that were submitted with this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>The one in particular I was interested in was coin 002 which is an 1874 Norway 20 Kronor in MS62. For the life of me I couldn&#039;t figure out why the low grade since it has fewer marks than some in MS65 holders. Seeing these other coins in the same submission that were also undergraded lead me to conclude the MS62 was probably low by a point, just based on the grade of the others that were low as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re one of those collectors who doesn&#039;t need a grading service to tell you what condition a coin is in, and who is interested in slabbed coins mainly for authenticity and marketability reasons, then using their photo archive can be a very rewarding tool indeed![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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