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1881-S Morgan Silver Dollar: You Vs. PCGS

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 Posted 02/08/2011  9:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverTurtle to your friends list
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 Posted 02/08/2011  9:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ozland to your friends list

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Is it just me or is PCGS more stingy about PL (proof Like and DMPL (Deep Mirror proof Like) grades than NGC?


Yes, very much so.
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 Posted 02/08/2011  10:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverTurtle to your friends list
Perhaps it is worth a resubmission?
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 Posted 02/08/2011  10:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add aladinslamp to your friends list
Every time they let another high value coin
PL or DMPL into the equation:(into the number of already known and graded coins) there population increases...
AND the overall prices will fall for there are now more available..
TO PROTECT there already given values, the only way to control the pricing is to hold back the possible coins that could move up into the top tier positions....Over all the top TPG's have tightend up there standards.....to the point that many coins already graded would never make the grades they now assigned.....It's quite a quagmire...
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Over all the top TPG's have tightened up there standards.....to the point that many coins already graded would never make the grades they now assigned.....It's quite a quagmire...


What Gene is refering to is since the inception of the third party grading companies such as PCGS and NGC, they started out grading quite conservatively. Over the years their standards loosened up to where it very noticeable that early graded coins could be cracked out and resubmitted with a higher than average likelihood of being upgraded to a higher grade. In fact many astute dealers and collectors took advantage of this gradeflation and made quite a lot of money from it.

The PCGS coin that is being referenced at MS 64 could at any time since it was slabbed easily have been MS 65. That is the difference we are talking about.

Many high dollar coins have BIG jumps from MS 64 to MS 65.
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 Posted 02/08/2011  11:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fenton to your friends list
It is hard to grade from photos. It would not surprise me if, in hand, this one looks more like an MS-64. The photos did show some hits on the cheek and some dark toning on the obverse center which may have cost the coin a bit during its "20 second" grading window.
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 Posted 02/09/2011  10:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add carmykle to your friends list
Wow, I still think she a beaut! There must be more than just one mark on her cheek that is hard to see in the photo. Listen, if you really feel bad about her, I'll "cast myself onto my sword" and accept her into my collection.
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 Posted 02/10/2011  09:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gothic Florin to your friends list
It's a great looking coin even if PCGS doesn't think it deserves a 65 or a PL...
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 Posted 02/11/2011  10:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add carmykle to your friends list
I'm still amazed, I've seen 65s and 66s that looked worse.
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 Posted 06/15/2011  2:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverTurtle to your friends list
Improved Photos:

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Undergraded IMO, it just has 65 appeal minimum.
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 Posted 06/16/2011  01:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Indian1 to your friends list
I think they got it pretty much correct.
In reality a 63 but netted a 64.
In regards to proof like surfaces below is a guide
that I have used for years. It is tough to measure PL
coins by a pic. Just print it out and try it. It works
very well. Here's more fun for you. All of the terms used
for these surfaces. SL, SPL, PL, DPL, DM, DMPL
Having fun yet ? satin like, semi proof like, proof like,
deep proof like, deep mirror, deep mirror proof like.

http://coingrading.com/plcoins1.html
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 Posted 06/16/2011  9:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverTurtle to your friends list
Uh.... WOW, I need to try that out...
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 Posted 06/17/2011  11:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add aladinslamp to your friends list
MS 64 was a fair grade for that coin, the hits on the cheek and nose would easily hold it back from an MS65 grade, 1881-S was well known for magnificent strikes, and "ONE MUST CONSIDER" the year and mint
mark before applying the usual generic grading standards, the TPG's do....
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 Posted 06/17/2011  11:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverTurtle to your friends list
Exactly. Some Coins may typically have weak strikes like some of the New Orleans issues. However, as for Proof-like, definitely a possibility.
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