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Bedrock of the Community
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Poll Question
PCGS has graded over 24 million coins. One of these grades was given in 30% of all coins graded, more than twice as many times as the next most often given grade. Without looking it up on the PCGS website, what do you think is the grade most often given by PCGS? The results were surprising and reflect the interesting dynamics of the coin collecting industry. The PCGS grade distribution is here, but please vote before looking at the results: https://www.PCGS.com/pop/poptotal.aspx
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08/27/2017 5:47 pm
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Rest in Peace
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Interesting, would a thunk it otherwise, hmmmm....
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United States
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Wow I was not expecting that!
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Bedrock of the Community
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I was way off!
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08/27/2017 6:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I made a guess as to what most coins graded by PCGS are, and what is their most common grade. And apparently I was right (and so were several other voters).
I wonder why the lower grades (PO, FR, AG, G) seem to be missing from the listing, however. And are there really so many MS-61 coins?
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Given the volume of what gets graded today, it's not that surprising.
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So really what PCGS is saying that (Besides the rare coins) people are actually wasting their money on grading fees - heck of a self promotion!!
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Bedrock of the Community
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The breakdown isn't surprising at all when you really sit and think about it. Quote:
So really what PCGS is saying that (Besides the rare coins) people are actually wasting their money on grading fees No not even close. Just because you don't like an area of collection doesn't mean it is a waste of money |
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Bedrock of the Community
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So is anyone surprised at 64 being the third-highest total?
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Just because you don't like an area of collection doesn't mean it is a waste of money wait a minute - I know you have a habit of expressing your opinion to the point of ridiculousness but I never said anything about not liking graded coins - I send them in regularly BUT not crap coins that you are just wasting money on!! |
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So is anyone surprised at 64 being the third-highest total? I think that is the morgan dollar/walking liberty half effect. Lots of those graded at that level. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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wait a minute - I know you have a habit of expressing your opinion to the point of ridiculousness but I never said anything about not liking graded coins - I send them in regularly BUT not crap coins that you are just wasting money on!! A habit of calling out people for nonsense like you have posted yes I do. You literally just proved me 100 percent correct by calling coins crap because you deemed it so. Hate to break it to you but everyone of your coins is complete crap to collectors with better means. See how this works? There is a reason why I will always call people out when they get snobby and judgemental about how and what other people collect. Far to many people seem to forget that there are always going to be people with much better collections that can look down on them if they choose to act in the same manner. So as I said just because you don't like something does not make them crap. Edited by basebal21
08/27/2017 7:17 pm
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Let's try to be civil when we have disagreements.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Let's try to be civil when we have disagreements Agreed, I'm leaving this thread..  Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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by calling coins crap because you deemed it so. So sad! Email me with your comments - no need to show your true colors by egotistically posting in a thread!! |
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That's the ASE effect. Most will grade 69 and 70. What difference does it make? I'm not going to find a bust quarter in MS-68, nor a 2007 MS ASE in MS-62. Total grades means virtually nothing. |
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