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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coppermania, post: 1223740, member: 18304&quot;]I understand the OPs point but I think it is a touch off track. I am constantly submitting raw coins to PCGS and NGC and organizing and shipping the orders is one way I contribute at my friends coin shop. I have found over time that the more raw coins we submit the more consistent my grading ability gets. Before coins go out I photograph them and make notes on what I think they grade and ship them out. without fail I get some wrong but usually there is a silver lining. I certainly know the feeling of a BB coin but it is usually something I missed and sometimes a coin has a higher grade than I thought, but that is just the game we play. If I don&#039;t agree with the grade, I might take a shot and crack it out or send it in for a review which I have had success at. Let me say that there is not a coin out there I wouldn&#039;t want to see in a slab. We organize groups that we feel each service is accurate at, such as all copper goes to NGC, or bulk submissions to NGC and DMPLs go to PCGS etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let me just say as an observation, that when I attended the Summer Seminar for intermediate grading for US coins, we only used NGC and PCGS graded coins. We didn&#039;t grade one raw coin. Each coin group had stickers over the date and were recorded then reviewed with the class instructors. Bottom line is there are variables in each service. Its called &quot;tuition&quot; when it costs money to learn. Don&#039;t get frustrated. The reality is that this is the coin world today and weather you like it or not it pays to buy into the grading program. JMO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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