Re-grading aN Graded Notes at PMG

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It's bound to happen. It is only a matter of time.

Late last year, a collector acquired 2 pieces of banknotes graded by alphaNumis decided to cut them out from the plastic slab and send it to PMG for grading, just to compare our grading skills/competency, which in our honest opinion, is a good thing. As consumers, people have every right to compare products and services. As a service provider, it's good feedback and opportunity to learn and improve.

Fig 1. PMG graded this piece at 55, same as aN grading. (Photos from Straits Settlements Shop)

The notes in question are Malaya 1 dollar from 1941, with King George VI. They were graded AU55 and EF40 respectively by alphaNumis. The result of the grading came back earlier this year and below are the photos posted by the collector, Andrew Chan, at his blogsite. You can read this piece on the grading here.

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The Basics and Origins of Grading

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Grading is part and parcel of collecting as much as exams are part of studying; and yet there many collectors feel that grading is something best left to the experts or numismatists.  Let me assure you that nothing can be further from the truth.

We grade things in our daily lives – from picking the right fruit at the grocery store, to checking out that used car, right up to our life partners!  Grading is the process of determining the condition and therefore value of something and subsequently deciding on how much of resource e.g. time and money that you want to invest in it.

Fig1. Dr. William H Sheldon (Source : LIFE)

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