1901 Canadian Large Cent - You Vs. ICCS - Page 2

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Canadian-Banknotes Pillar of the Community Canada 4944 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 12:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
JeyRey2000 Pillar of the Community Canada 743 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 1:06 pm I would like to know what was meant by "it depends on who submits the coin" I submitted coins for the first time a couple months ago and actually was pretty satisfied with the grading. Some coins that I thought were UNC were given AU55 - not bad. Another coin which I thought would be AU came back MS63. The biggest different in the coins was luster. The 2 that were given AU55 were rainbow toned and no sings of luster. The other coin given MS63 has some nice red brown luster. I think ICCS pays to much attention to Luster and not enough to Strike! Just my opinion, also based on some ICCS graded coins. Report this Post to the Staff
LaureateBust Valued Member Canada 331 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 1:31 pm So ICCS says it's MS. Let's pretend we agree with that much. Does this mean they felt it had MS-62/63 details and the tiny corrosion/pvc/carbon damage lowered the grade to 60? Or maybe it should be MS-60 with comment(s)? What if this were a more extreme example, like a coin graded MS-65 with some horrendous flaw. Assuming it's even still gradable, does it make more sense for it to be MS-65 with comment "Horrible Damage" or AU-50 even though it's clearly otherwise uncirculated? Just thinking out loud. Maybe there's no single right answer. Report this Post to the Staff
bmxboy Valued Member Canada 389 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 1:35 pm as everybody knows, buy the coin not the grade, its a great hobby don't base coin collecting on TPG As my self I'd rather buy a collection from a bunch of old people than one coin that is graded haha Report this Post to the Staff
bosox Pillar of the Community United States 1353 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 2:27 pm I have seen many cases when a coin is mint state, but kind of fugly, that ICCS gravitates towards an MS-60 grade. That is why I guessed that. I think PCGS would have graded this one "Genuine - Environmental Damage". http://www.victoriancent.com 2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA. Report this Post to the Staff
LaureateBust Valued Member Canada 331 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 2:37 pm Quote: I have seen many cases when a coin is mint state, but kind of fugly, that ICCS gravitates towards an MS-60 grade. Aah. That is kind of what I was imagining - that MS-60 becomes a catch-all (to a certain point) of mint state coins with problems. Thanks bosox. Edited by LaureateBust 10/11/2012 2:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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