How many graders have NGC

[dooly]

Mr Field got me thinking with his last Question post .. Do they have lots of full time graders or call specialists in..

 

just thinking about the "strange" mixes i send in

[MarkFeld]

They have a good number of full time graders.

 

To my knowledge, some of them only grade US coins and others only grade foreign coins.

 

It is very likely that some/certain graders are assigned to grade modern coins.

 

I know a number of graders there, who are highly experienced and proficient across a broad spectrum of coin series. Those guys know their stuff!

 

I do not think it would be appropriate for me to be more specific than that.

[jerseycat10]

Mark,

 

When bulk submissions are done by well known numismatic entities, do those submissions go to certain, 'friendly' graders?

 

For example, the Binion hoard is largely overgraded. I sincerely doubt these coins were graded anonymously.

 

-AJ

[MarkFeld]

Mark,

 

When bulk submissions are done by well known numismatic entities, do those submissions go to certain, 'friendly' graders?

 

For example, the Binion hoard is largely overgraded. I sincerely doubt these coins were graded anonymously.

 

-AJ

 

I hope not and my guess is no. Also, more than one grader assesses the coins.

[Mr.Mcknowitall]

Mark,

 

When bulk submissions are done by well known numismatic entities, do those submissions go to certain, 'friendly' graders?

 

For example, the Binion hoard is largely overgraded. I sincerely doubt these coins were graded anonymously.

 

-AJ

 

I hope not and my guess is no. Also, more than one grader assesses the coins.

 

I also hope not.

 

How can the Binion Hoard be lagely overgraded by expert Graders?

Or is it that expert opinion grading, as opposed to expert graders, accounts for the varience? That would be a logical reason, I think.

 

Respectfully,

John Curlis

[Nutmeg Coin]

Grading is for the most part impartial. But if someone submits dozens or even hundreds of nice original coins, there is going to be a different overall perception than someone who sends in a mixture of good, problem, or deceptively "beautiful" coins that are actually not worth assigning the grade you think they deserve. So there is "guilt by association" as well as quality by association, or contrast. The "liner" coins are an exception.

[Raisethis2]

Speaking of guilt by association, I'm wondering, when I send in 6 coins just as any random member would, do they get disbursed or are they kept together as the property of one collector? I'd think that if I had a good eye for quality the entire lot might benefit. Just human nature.

[comicdonna]

Mark,

 

When bulk submissions are done by well known numismatic entities, do those submissions go to certain, 'friendly' graders?

 

For example, the Binion hoard is largely overgraded. I sincerely doubt these coins were graded anonymously.

 

-AJ

 

I hope not and my guess is no. Also, more than one grader assesses the coins.

At least two.

 

http://www.ngccoin.com/coingrading/ngc-coin-grading-process.aspx

[MarkFeld]

Speaking of guilt by association, I'm wondering, when I send in 6 coins just as any random member would, do they get disbursed or are they kept together as the property of one collector? I'd think that if I had a good eye for quality the entire lot might benefit. Just human nature.

 

Each submission, regardless of how small or large it is, is kept separate from all of the others.

[Oldtrader3]

This is interesting information. After ten years of residence on this board, we finally are discussing something relevant to the way our host does business. Something that few of us had any real insight into before now. I appreciate this gesture, myself.

[comicdonna]

Here's a link about NGC graders.

 

http://www.ngccoin.com/about/graders.aspx

[Nutmeg Coin]

What some people do not understand is that the graders are in a pitch black room (no scattered light) with the best optical and light equipment available. I trust their judgment and have rarely disagreed with their grading.