1800 $1 - You Vs. PCGS

Hello All!!

PCGS graded this coin XF-45

Before I sent it in I was thinking maybe AU-53 or possibly AU-on a bad day. I do not understand why it got the XF-45. I spent a long time looking at the other photos on PCGS Coinfacts using the View All Photos and this coin, considering all points that I can see in the photos, seems better than all other XF-45 photos, most AU-50 photos, and is more in-line with the AU-53 photos.

I am thinking that this coin is a good candidate for a crack-out and re-submission.

Thanks to everybody for the grades. I appreciate them

You think they can't even recognize the central strike weakness endemic to early dollars?

Wow! 45? Makes me wonder if it was silently net graded for some issue we can't see? The eye appeal alone would put it at 50 and today's market-grading should push it to 53 or even 55 on a good day.

If it's any consolation they did add your coin to CoinFacts photo database as an XF45. The super hi-res images do make the two dark spots on the reverse look a bit worse but I don't see any other issues except an old, light cleaning. I think it got docked 5 points in any event and would grade 50 on a different day.

I think so too!


Possibly, I can't see this one in any grade below AU from their own photos.


That and the small dark spots are all I see that could be any sort of down grade.

Regardless of the PCGS grade it's a heck of a beautiful coin Susuman!

Still an excellent coin. Some people had AU50. I guess PCGS saw it one notch lower.

If you bought it at an EF price with the hope of upgrading I would just leave it and be happy with a beautiful coin. If you paid AU prices then you may want to try again. At some point you will have more into the coin in grading fees and postage then the difference is worth.

I hope nobody misunderstands me, but I think it is a beautiful coin and is one of my favorites in the collection

I started this thread only because thought the grade would have been in the AU-50 to AU-53 range and wanted other opinions. The one B&M near me that saw the coin also felt it was a low AU grade. Also, I have not seen too many real Draped Bust dollars posted on CCF as most of them are fakes, so I thought it would be a change of pace for some people.

Fortunately, purchase price was/is not an issue on this coin, regardless of grade.

I also see this as solid for AU-53. Most likely PCGS slapped a net grade on it for a perceived light cleaning. Perhaps the luster is noticeably degraded? With those strong AU details there should be some decent luster in the protected areas of the fields.

Probably worth the gamble to resubmit. The potential value increase with an AU grade might be hard to ignore.

I am curious, when cracking out and resubmitting, is there be the chance that PCGS would recognize this coin and just assign it the same grade? I think for a more common coin the chance of that would be low but have always wondered that about special coins, like this one.