Just Submitted 12 WLH's And 8 Peace Dollars To PCGS

I was wondering if you could post a list of the coins that were submitted.

I encounter the same problem the first time I submitted to PCGS via registered. Luckily, the guy behind the counter had a roll of paper tape and a wet sponge so I could cover up all the plastic tape. I found out that day that only paper tape is allowed. I guess it is so they can stamp over the seams and to make any tampering more visible. Anyways, good luck with your submission.

LOL on the plastic tape ... I made the same exact mistake on my first submittal to PCGS years ago ... and wonderfully received the same level of support at the post office that you report.

Best of wishes on the submittal ... agreed that PCGS is not 'perfect' ... but in general their professional graders get way more correct than they get wrong ... despite my objections on occasion to individual coins.

Looking forward to your follow-on report of results.

David

Good luck on your submission!

I need a "Smilies" chewing on his finger nails.

The results are looking good so far.
I can't wait to see the rest of them and I hope they also graded well.

That is the smiles I was looking for.

I posted 3 of them so far. A guy took a round about shot at my photo skills so I think I am done posting photos on this forum.

I got really mixed results. As others who have sent in AU type coins have seen the scores are all over the place. When you compare to already slabbed coins things don't always match up. I'm guessing there is something they see that I don't. I'm in the beginning/learning part of the game right now. I do this as a hobby so I expect it to cost me money not make me money.

1916D Came back AU55. I thought AU53 at best.

1917 Came back AU58. That is what I thought.

1918S Came back AU 50. I was hoping the weak strike S mint would get this a 53. From other 53/55's I have seen I will take mine.

1920S Came back EF45. This hurt a little. I bought it as an AU50 and this is one that has a pretty wide cost range from EF to AU. Again I would rather have this one then some of the AU50's that are out there.

1933S Came back AU53. I was pulling for 55.

1934S Came back AU50. This was the biggest surprise. I bought it as an AU55+. I have to use this as a research piece to see what happened. It has great luster so they must have seen it as a strong strike that had a lot of wear and I saw it as a weak S mint that would grade higher.

1935S Came back AU50. I thought it was EF45 so this was good to see.

1936S Came back AU55 as guessed. Bought as 58.

1939S Came back AU55 as guessed. Bought as 58.

As for the 1926S and 1928S Peace dollars those were the biggest surprise. What I saw as bag marks they saw as wear and gave both AU58's. Bad news I overpayed for them. Good news I have great looking AU58's in my Everyman's Collection Registry set.

In the end I am glad I sent everything in. Going forward I will buy fewer raw coins. I know there are some here that swear by their grading abilities, but I will not leave it on my kids to take coins into a dealer and be told everything is average at best when they are really AU+. At least in a slab there is a history of price. I don't think it is going to get cheaper to slab in the future and I think people are getting tired of over grading by dealers so more and more coins are going in.

They all came back MS62 to MS63. Except the 1924 came back MS64. I had thought one of the others was MS64 and the 1924 was MS63 so it worked out. They were not worth grading but I needed them for a basic registry set and didn't feel like buying more UNC Peace dollars.

I only say mixed results because side by side a couple coins do not look AU50 vs AU55. The ones that were higher priced went to AU50 and the more common ones went to AU55. Makes you wonder if they think about rarity as they decide between grades. I need to spend time looking at wear vs strike.