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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 1930754, member: 16729&quot;]I would like to know ANYTHING about how PCGS and NGC determine grades for so many different world coins.&nbsp; The ANA has its own grading standards, with very specific wear pattern information to determine circulated grades for US coins, for example. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard that the TPGs have their OWN standards for grading coins (different from ANA) for US coins.&nbsp; So how do they apply grading standards to World Coins?&nbsp;&nbsp; In the same way?</p><p><br /></p><p>Do the TPGs create their own grading standards for each coin(?) and keep the grading standards a &quot;house secret&quot; that is only accessible to their World Coin graders?</p><p><br /></p><p>OR maybe this is just wrong:&nbsp; Perhaps those grading svengalis just dope-eye them and use their grading knowledge to assign a grade?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]332992[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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