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Valued Member
Canada
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Good morning all, I just got the following four coins back from ICCS and wanted your opinions on the grade. I think ICCS may have missed on one or two of them Coin #1 is an 1885 straight 5 Coin #2 is an 1885 Curved 5 Coin #3 is an 1880 Coin #4 is an 1893 You can safely assume there is no cleaning, scratching, or other damage, and that the reverse wear is consistent with what you see on the obverses. Thanks for sharing your opinions.     |
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Valued Member
 Canada
187 Posts |
I should mention that I will post the actual grades at the end of the day. I just wanted a few unbiased opinions before doing so
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Pillar of the Community
1844 Posts |
# 1 VG
#2 VG 10
# 3 VG 10
# 4 VG 10
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Valued Member
Canada
129 Posts |
#1= VG10
#2= F12
#3= F12
#4= F12
Nice rims on the 1893
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9866 Posts |
 VG10,F12,F12,F12 "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3234 Posts |
VG10,
VG10,
F12,
VG10...IMHO..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2495 Posts |
All four should definitely be no more than 1/2 a grade apart from each other.
I'm not strong in grading circulated coins, but the above guesses seem about right to me.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
686 Posts |
I think any of the prior guesses could be correct:
8-10
10-12
10-12 (the lighting on this one make it a touch tougher to grade, but I don't think it will matter)
10-12
I'd go with VG10, F12, F12, VG10.
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Valued Member
Canada
187 Posts |
Thanks for your opinions, artdio nailed it; according to ICCS, they're all VG-10. Personally, I would have given #2 and #4 a F-12 (boosted by the strength of the rims), and would not have been surprised if #1 had dipped to an 8. I may take a chance on a re-submission on the latter 3 when I send in my next batch for grading.
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Valued Member
Canada
187 Posts |
I just got a batch back from ICCS, and in the mix I took a chance on re-grading Coin #2 and Coin #4. They both came back as VG-8. As it stands right now, coin #1, which is BY FAR the worst of the lot is graded higher than the two nicest coins in the lot.
Personally, I'm finished with submitting coins to ICCS. I'm not upset that the grades came back lower (though I am disappointed); the fact that an inferior coin is graded higher than two nicer coins is the tipping point for me.
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Moderator
 Canada
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Valued Member
United States
315 Posts |
Did you check with a microscope? With my x40 loupe, a nice looking coin can be really beat up.
Edited by Superhal
10/08/2013 6:58 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Superhal: What you are saying is perfectly correct but, a 40x loupe allows too harsh a judgment to be passed when grading. The TPG'ers use an industry standard 10x loupe, when examining a coin 'in hand'. I use a 40x loupe, but not for coin grading; the depth of field is way too narrow, and you don't get an appreciation of the whole coin. I use my 40x loupe for examining the internal flaws in gemstones, where the narrow depth of field can be very useful. Grading: I agree with the majority in this case. |
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Posted 09/09/2013 09:15 am
