Coin Grading
Gold IRA Glossary
The professional assessment of a collectible coin's condition on a 70-point scale, performed by services such as PCGS and NGC. Grading is used in the rare coin market, where condition strongly affects collector value. Graded collectible coins are generally not IRA-eligible, so grading plays little role in a standard Gold IRA purchase.
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