NGC offers services for coins to be either net graded (with one of the previously mentioned grades from their grading scale) or an expanded grade with a strike and surface grade of 1-5. The higher the number, the better for the coin. NGC states that “Each point represents a 20 percent...
Today, NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corp) has stepped up to become the leading grading firm in the Ancient coin market. They impartially evaluate and grade Ancients on a scale similar to the US grading standards, however, they have added two more levels of clarity to their assessments. ...
I tend to agree with Lance, the registry is a game that should be seen as a form of enjoyment. Collectors have the opportunity to display their collection, their knowledge, and their passion. Coin grading is very subjective and what one TPG may say is a 65 could be a 64 in the ey...
In 1986, a group of dealers banded together to for the Professional Coin Grading service...Using its own standards and ideas, not publically disclosed, PCGS set up a system whereby coins were graded from MS 60 to MS 70 continuously such as MS-60, MS-61, MS-62, MS-63, MS-64...
(very typical though the grading services appear to give some latitude) and other damage such as “chop marks”. Some collectors collect chop mark coinage but I consider them inferior. It’s a form of damage and though I would never buy such a coin, it is definitely an impaired coin and...