Questions For Former Graders

[jerseycat10]

Hopefully some find this educational.

 

1) What % of the time do all 3 graders agree on the coin's grade?

 

2) What % of the time do all 3 graders have 3 different opinions on the coins grade?

 

3) If all 3 graders agree, does the finalizer have the power to overrule?

 

4) Is a coin more likely to receive an attribution (e.g. *, FBL, FT, etc) if sent in specifically for attribution than if send in for normal grading?

 

5) Is there a special process to follow before making a coin top-pop?

 

6) Do graders get reprimanded for misgrades, or for people sending their coins in for regrades?

[jerseycat10]

No takers?

[comicdonna]

Are there any other qualified posters besides Mark?

[jerseycat10]

Are there any other qualified posters besides Mark?

 

That makes at least 1 qualified potential responder

[comicdonna]

Hopefully some find this educational.

 

1) What % of the time do all 3 graders agree on the coin's grade?

 

2) What % of the time do all 3 graders have 3 different opinions on the coins grade?

 

3) If all 3 graders agree, does the finalizer have the power to overrule?

 

4) Is a coin more likely to receive an attribution (e.g. *, FBL, FT, etc) if sent in specifically for attribution than if send in for normal grading?

 

5) Is there a special process to follow before making a coin top-pop?

 

6) Do graders get reprimanded for misgrades, or for people sending their coins in for regrades?

I'll take a guess before all of the qualified posters step in.

 

1. 75%

 

2. 5%

 

3. Yes

 

4. Yes

 

5. No.

 

6. No

[MarkFeld]

Hopefully some find this educational.

 

1) What % of the time do all 3 graders agree on the coin's grade?

 

2) What % of the time do all 3 graders have 3 different opinions on the coins grade?

 

3) If all 3 graders agree, does the finalizer have the power to overrule?

 

4) Is a coin more likely to receive an attribution (e.g. *, FBL, FT, etc) if sent in specifically for attribution than if send in for normal grading?

 

5) Is there a special process to follow before making a coin top-pop?

 

6) Do graders get reprimanded for misgrades, or for people sending their coins in for regrades?

 

I can only provide gut-feel guesses, based on my own experiences (and memory) from 1991-1998, without the benefit of actual statistics/records........

 

1) 50%

 

2) Negligible, less than 2%, perhaps less than 1%.

 

3) Often, if not usually, the finalizer was one of the three graders.

 

4) FT and * designations were not yet in use when I was a grader. However, I believe that other designations such as "FB", "FH", "PL", etc. were as likely to be awarded, regardless of whether the coins were submitted specifically for the designation. So no.

 

5) No.

 

6) There were occasional lectures, some accompanied by lashes from a whip, but others, not.

[comicdonna]

I originally had #4 at no but, changed my mind.

[jerseycat10]

Thanks a lot Mark. I appreciate your time.

[lcoopie]

1) What % of the time do all 3 graders agree on the coin's grade

 

50%. Marks answer

 

I find it especially interesting that the 3 only agree about 50% of the time.

 

 

[MarkFeld]

1) What % of the time do all 3 graders agree on the coin's grade

 

50%. Marks answer

 

I find it especially interesting that the 3 only agree about 50% of the time.

 

That's just a guess on my part, as far as an average. There are a number of coin types and grades which are far more likely to be agreed upon, unanimously, by three graders. And others, for which the % would be considerably less.

 

There are probably internal records which would provide very specific information/answers.