Pit Your Skills Against PCGS! Grades Posted!

Dave does that 1892 Dime have a clashed die error it appears to have the reverse showing through on the obverse, I do see the hairlines on both the halves in question, they look consistent with those of a an old cleaning , but they are isolated to just a small area and I wont have body bagged them, Jaobler I have a coin grave yard at my house, for you I will bury them into my collection free of charge ....LOL

I have found some older clashed dies as well on the Barber series Very Nice.


I clearly see the 1830 Bust as a VF now not sure why I didn't before However the Buffalo photo I believed the coin to be in MS condition from the photo I do not see the wear , And I believe I do a good job on grading them they are hard to grade but that one eludes me some how

Good project, it was very interesting to see where PCGS and I deviate and I'm glad to know that I am generally tougher on my coins than they are.

I also feel that the "cleaned" designation on the 1837 may be undeserved. But better (for PCGS) to send the coin back than to have someone buy it down the road at a Heritage auction or something and then crack it out and notice the hairlines. However the "cleaning" or the "wiping" or whatever affects the "grade," it's still an awfully nice coin.

P.S. I'm not a big fan of coin grading services in general, and I always try to buy the coin.

Yes, SuperDave, I'm glad you get my point. (My wife says I don't explain myself very well).

To me TPG is a lot like "No Coin Left Behind." You're trying to find a one-test fits all approach to things that are best looked at individually. If I have to pick an approach, I much prefer the ANACS method of at least making an effort to deal with the actual coin in hand.

TPG firms will do their best to keep from becoming irrelevant and losing revenue, but they're always going to be about their own revenue and they will never care one bit about my coin collection unless I pay them to. To me, that's just sad.