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Coin "doctors" beware, the nose knows !
...ew technology termed the "sniffer" is coming into play. Through modern technology a new process being introduced by PCGS for their "Secure Plus" grading will soon be in affect. This...
...hrough the use of laser scanned images and the assignment of a decimal grading system, in addition to being...CGS Secure Plus allows us to address this discrepancy by using decimal grading in our internal processes. Wi...
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...US Mint. And don't forget the additional fees of grading and encapsulation plus insurance and postage that all grading companies charge. Being a sm...ck door deal, but this I doubt. 3) The whole aspect of grading and slabbing coins is fast be...
...vices) soon found that a means of grading a coin was needed. They adopt...nd soon found that this system of grading coins helped end the chaos as...g of confidence in the commercial grading business. The grading proces...the ANA in 1972 branched out into grading in 1979. the ANA sold the gra...
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PCGS Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection
I use this all the time!! Great information!
Knowledge is the "Key" to understanding the grading process.
This article is to help those understand what is involved in "grading" a coin and how to develop skills in this area of numismatics.
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The market place today is hard enough to try and get anywhere. Prices are going down on many slabbed coins being offered on a specific internet auction site (I will not mention the sites name only that it starts with an "e"). Some dealers seem to display and air of little concern regarding...
Tags: online auctions, pcgs, ngc, slabbed, coins, grading, values
In the late 1970's the chaotic coin market was running rampant and like the wild west it had no rules or "law" for collectors. There was no established means to determine a coins striking, was it really "uncirculated", what was the difference between "gem" and "choice?" This was subject to a se...
Tags: grading, pcgs, ana, anacs, early days, concensus grading
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