71 MS-65 Ikes...pffftttt Right.

I thought you would appreciate that JBuck.

And as there is NO WAY those are MS65, I knew I wouldnt have to follow through.

Seriously though, modern or not, if you are going to grade a coin, GRADE IT. You might be able to make the argument that when they were graded the fingerprints had not shown up yet (the NGC has a print on bottom right, at the trunk of his neck). But there are enough scratches dings and outright gouges that if I were completely drunk, I might give them a 62.

The more I see like this, the more I say, ANACS and IGC are just fine.

You have no idea how true that statement is

The links posted are a great example of why I have hundreds
of Ike's in storage that have been cherry picked over the past
4 years that I have been collecting them, that will not see a
Third Party Grading service until their grading of the series
becomes much more on target and much more consistent. I have
seen a lot of them graded pretty much where they should be
But I have seen a scary amount that have been graded like
those linked above

That graphic is very well done. I approve.

So? send your 65s in and have them graded 68, then dump them.

biggfredd,

Great idea but there is a couple of reason why I do not do that.

1. The 65's I send in could just as easily come back MS60. Which is a complete waste of money that could go towards more Ike's, Mercs, Jefferson's,Morgan's and others.
I have seen many a collector get quite upset when they did not get the grade that they thought they should have when submitting coins.
And they had spent many hours checking and rechecking and comparing
before submitting a coin and spending their 20 or 30 bucks for
someone else's opinion who looks at the coin for a few seconds
Why would I pay someone to frustrate me, This hobby is my escape from
frustration.

2. I generally do not sell any of the Ike's I have accumulated.
because the series is still in it's infancy of serious research.
And I am pretty sure if I sold some, not too long after that there
would be another discovery in the series. And I am sure that one
of the Ike's that I sold would be an example of the new discovery.

@Fredd,

We spoke to Littleton about helping them look for varieties. They were not interested, instead they decided to rely on way outdated books- and I assume- the only variety they really cared to find were wrong planchet silver-clads.

the GradeView book will basically show you pros and cons of different Ikes from the best known to typical MS grades. We have 288 Ikes lined up for photography and each coin will get an essay. We are also approaching the series date by date, type by type, mint by mint. It's the first grading book of its kind.

bigger news is around the corner, however.

Now That is Good News,
The Usefulness of a tool like that,easily at
someones disposal. With examples of properly graded Ike's would
in my humble opinion help a great deal being in the library of Any
Third Party Grading Service helping them enormously and giving them an
edge in accuracy and consistency.
Just as there is a learning curve
in the grading of Morgan and Peace dollars, Merc Dimes and Jefferson
Nickles. Due to their different characteristics. There is a definite
learning curve to grading Ike's. For me personally the Ike's
grading learning curve was a Bit Steeper