I Had A 1890 CC Graded MS-62 By PCGS I Cracked It To Give It A 3 Second Dip Now I See Hairlines

You need to post both sides of the coin. How can anyone provide an accurate estimate of a PCGS grade with only one side of the coin to evaluate?

I never knew toning hid that much. Same luster, but now you can see lower luster on left. I fear a AU58.
Well I learned a valuable lesson. I wish I would have sent into them to conserve our reconsideration. I'm blown away at what was hidden.
But PGCS should grade the Same. They know what their are doing. How could it get details grade if it didn't before. Do you think they would do that? And then what if I send the old slab back in with the grade of the straight grade it. Won't they change the grade?

I can't see how that coin garnered a 62 initially. Looking at the TV images with the required salt grain, it looks like a circulated coin to me. Could this be market grading at work, because of the toning? There is a ~$400-500 value difference between mid-AU and MS62. I've made no secret about my disdain for market grading, and this may be case in point.

Regardless of grade, the TVs may suggest a cleaned coin. Too many nicks on the face, toning only on the peripheral areas of the devices, and possible rub on the high points. What the dip likely did was reveal what was already there and overlooked by PCGS.

My ill-informed technical grade would be AU55 based on TV photos, so a rough guess.

Leaving toned coins alone would be like telling a five year old kid not to pick a scab. The urge is too great not to pick it, or dip it! It's been that way a long time.

The example has a little luster, but it looks circulated. My guess is that PCGS grades it AU details cleaned.

with Frog!